Pregnancy testing at Derby City Hospital, Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, and many of the city's GP practices, is being standardised on the Bayer Diagnostics Clinitek Status urine chemistry analyser
The Clinitek Status was chosen as it is a meter-read system that takes away the subjectivity associated with visually read pregnancy tests.
This is particularly important in a hospital environment where clinicians must avoid carrying out certain procedures on patients who may be pregnant.
In Derby, hCG testing is now routinely undertaken in heavy use departments such as gynaecology and A+E as well as in light use units including X-ray and surgical and medical assessments.
Saff reaction has been very favourable, says Bayer - the system is easy to use and provides an automated reading facility for both MultiStix urine test strips and Clinitest hCG cassettes.
With a 200 test memory and the ability to print out results and download data to computer, the Clinitek Status provides a detailed audit trail for near patient urinalysis.
