In a hospital setting, time is of the essence. Whether detecting a severe infection or internal bleeding in a busy emergency department, monitoring a patient in the intensive care unit, or tending to a geriatric patient, you can benefit from access to immediate, lab-quality results at the point of care.
HemoCue’s point-of-care systems enable increased efficiency and shorter time to treatment decisions. In a hospital environment, assessing a patient at the point of care instead of waiting for laboratory results helps you understand a patient’s condition within minutes, leading to an improved workflow and a higher capacity of patient turnover.
In an emergency department, moving a patient to the right care faster, without compromising on quality of care, is crucial to avoid crowded waiting areas and overburdened staff. Other departments across the hospital such as intensive care units and surgical wards can also benefit from timely decisions, ultimately enhancing patient care, optimizing resource utilization, and improving overall hospital efficiency.
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Immediate lab-quality results at the patient’s bedside
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Faster decision-making made possible
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Improved workflow and patient care
Effective point-of-care tools for infection screening giving you fast and accurate results, in combination with observations of a patient’s symptoms, can support quick decision-making.
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Queen Silvia’s Hospital for Children, a part of the Sahlgrenska University Hospital, provides healthcare, education, and research. This is where seriously ill or injured children from the region of Västra Götaland come for emergency care. It also offers highly specialized care for children from all over Sweden. The hospital has the largest emergency unit for children with nearly 50,000 patients each year.
Susanne Blohmé, Clinical Laboratory Scientist, has 30 years of experience and works at the primary care center in Bräkne-Hoby, Sweden.
Husläkarna Varmbadhuset is a private primary care center in the southern part of Sweden. It offers a broad range of high-quality medical healthcare services. Johanna Hilmersson, General Practitioner, is the operational manager at the center.
The Aarhus emergency medical team consists of 18 specially-trained nurses who, in agreement with healthcare professionals from Aarhus University Hospital, Home Health Care Services and general practitioners, can step in during acute situations at patients’ residences. Within just a few hours, the emergency team can initiate care, observe, and start treatment – 24 hours a day.
For three years now, Dr Jussi Niemelä and his colleagues at Turku University Hospital in Finland have performed rapid point-of-care tests of total white blood cells (WBC) and C-reactive protein (CRP). This saves both time and money. So much money in fact, that the department has employed an additional physician during rush hours.
Ulrika Greczula is responsible for blood collection throughout Halland County and works at the blood centers in Varberg, Falkenberg, and Halmstad. Today, Ulrika works at the blood center at the hospital in Varberg.
Nepean Lung and Sleep is a private medical practice specializing in adult respiratory and sleep medicine. The clinic provides onsite diagnostic testing for respiratory and sleep disorders, as well as medical consultations with specialist physicians. Serving Western Sydney, the Blue Mountains, and regional NSW areas such as Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee, and Lithgow, they see around 2,000 to 2,500 patients per year.
