Two short videos discussing the benefits of point-of-care (POC) haematology and clinical chemistry analysis are now available online as part of a new series of video case studies from Horiba Medical.
The latest case studies feature Watford General Hospital Accident and Emergency (A and E) department, part of West Hertfordshire Hospital NHS Trust.
Jo Nicholson, former Special Haematology section manager at Watford General Hospital, explains on camera how the A and E department achieved CPA compliance for its point-of-care haematology testing (POCT) by installing an ABX Pentra 60 C+ and Pentra Safe solution from Horiba Medical.
This POCT solution is centrally managed by the main haematology laboratory.
In the second of the videos, Lynda Petley, manager of the POCT team at Partnership Pathology Services in Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, explains how POC haematology and clinical chemistry testing has become an extension of the central laboratory's services.
The new POCT services are benefitting patients and staff alike with faster turnaround of results, shorter waiting times for patients, LEAN working practices for clinicians, fewer admissions and a reduction in central laboratory workload.
