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Innovation in lateral flow – why digitised testing with data capture is the future
As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic the world has woken up to the potential of lateral flow testing.Millions of these rapid tests have been distributed across the globe over the last 18 months as an affordable, easy-to-use alternative to laboratory testing. This has allowed asymptomatic people to test themselves for the virus and helped…
Read MoreThe Governance Challenge – The Essential Elements of a Well Governed Service: PART 1
One thing is sure in healthcare; governance of patient services is a monumental challenge. But it isn’t an insurmountable one. Like constructing a sustainable building, the appropriate foundations must be in place to successfully deliver the project. Point of care testing (POCT) services are no different and a series of articles hosted on this website…
Read MoreAccelerating Cardiac Risk Assessment With Point-Of-Care Testing
Voice Of The Customer Burnley Urgent Care Centre is part of East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust. The centre provides urgent care services that compliment the emergency care services provided by the Emergency Department at the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital and together they provide a service for more than half a million residents from communities within…
Read MoreMaximising Operating Room Efficiency and Patient Safety With Point Of Care Testing
Voice Of The Customer The Acute Care facility at King’s College Hospital is located in the London Borough of Lambeth and is managed by King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. One of the leading centres in Europe for clinical research, the hospital carries out approximately 1000 cardiothoracic operations each year, within its cardiovascular operating rooms…
Read MoreUtilising POCT for Detection of Infectious Diseases
It is a proven fact in laboratory medicine/ pathology diagnostics that timely intervention is critical to a favourable and improved patient outcome. Timely delivery of appropriate care can help reduce mortality and morbidity for chronic conditions. Delayed test result follow-up can have major consequences for the quality of care, including missed diagnoses and suboptimal patient…
Read MoreThe right diagnosis at the right time
Near Patient Testing – The Value Story
Document supplied by Doris-Ann Williams MBE, Chief Executive, British In Vitro Diagnostics Association (BIVDA) ‘In vitro diagnostics (IVDs) are an essential part of the NHS. They are used to both enable diagnosis and to rule out causes of ill health. They are also used to monitor, screen and assess people for any potential health problems…
Read MoreRegulation of Diagnostics 101 Part 1 – An Introduction
The purpose of this series is to introduce the reader to how diagnostic tests, known more accurately as in vitro diagnostic medical devices or IVDs, are regulated internationally. This first issue takes a bird’s eye view of international regulation of IVDs, and we will look at some critical definitions – always important when there is…
Read MoreSARS-CoV-2 and how the Werfen GEM Premier 5000 critical care analyser supported the healthcare response
As the United Kingdom, and many other countries, slowly emerge from the primary wave of SARS-CoV-2 infections, the time is right to reflect on the measures taken to support the NHS acute care response. Key Article Elements Reflect on the measures taken to support COVID-19 patient care Consider the options for decentralised diagnostics Address the…
Read MoreReducing the burden of COVID-19; diagnostic tests and the patient pathway
New models of care are now the main topic of discussion beyond COVID-19 vaccines and test availability. It has been clear for some time that healthcare must be delivered in a different way in order to preserve the core services within the healthcare landscape. Patients need to be assessed and managed under new protocols and…
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