Roche has announced that the Accu-Chek Inform II blood glucose monitoring system is now available to hospitals in the UK and Ireland.
The Accu-Chek Inform II system has several connectivity options to ensure rapid transmission of patient results and quality control data, via cobas IT1000 data-management software, onto the hospital information system (HIS).
The first site to adopt the Accu-Chek Inform II blood glucose monitoring system with full wireless connectivity is Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport.
With Accu-Chek Inform II meters located in every ward and department within the hospital, the wireless connectivity has enabled Samantha Ekin, point-of-care co-ordinator, to monitor the performance of all 90 meters in real time on a daily basis.
Ekin said: 'Before the installation of the fully connected system, the performance of an individual meter could only be monitored by direct ward audit or via the bi-monthly EQA, which was time-consuming and only accurate at the time of the audit or testing.' With results captured and transmitted immediately to the HIS via the cobas IT1000 POC data-management software, the Accu-Chek Inform II system eliminates the possibility of transcription errors and allows authorised medical staff to have instant access to a complete patient record.
The wireless capability of the Accu-Chek Inform II system combined with the data-management functionality of cobas IT1000 also ensures real-time verification of patient and operator identity at the bedside, which further improves patient care and safety.
