#Iqcp istat portable#

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#Iqcp istat portable#

The i-STAT System offers quick results for most tests needed for surgery on a single, portable platform, while providing all tests needed in the Cath Lab with better reproducibility than some benchtop systems. In the Cath Lab, it’s important that both activated clotting time (ACT) and blood gas results are readily available. Analysis via bench-tops (where the operating room assistant must leave the room to perform tests) can be costly, as well as potentially increase staffing requirements and impact patient care.

The variables can potentially increase staffing requirements and impact patient care. Costly challenges, such as surgical cancellations, can add up, while the sharing of benchtop blood-gas-analysis systems among operating rooms can cause delays due to the nurse having to leave the room, the system already being in use or frequent calibration requirements. Because of the delicate nature of surgery, real-time test results are often critical, yet results from the central lab can take 60 minutes 5 or more.