POINT-OF-CARE TESTING
Blood gas breakthrough: haemolysis detection at the point of care
Werfen UK recently hosted its first Acute Care User Group Meeting, hearing from a knowledgeable line up of speakers as well as launching a groundbreaking update for its GEM range of blood gas analysers.
Birmingham was the venue for the first Acute Care User Group Meeting to be hosted by Werfen UK. A diverse but engaged audience – including many of Werfen’s own key opinion leaders – gathered at a city-centre hotel to hear from speakers on subjects including the clinical implications of pre analytical errors and haemolysis, gaining ISO:15189 accreditation for POCT services, implementation of the ROTEM thromboelastometry POCT system, and NHS procurement.
The event also served as a platform
for Werfen to formally present the latest addition to the company’s line up of blood gas analysers, the GEM Premier 7000 with iQM3. The new machine
builds on the success of the GEM 5000 with the new feature of offering haemolysis detection at the point of care for the first time.
Presentations After a welcome from Werfen UK’s General Manager Richard Hames, the
day’s first speaker was Dr Martin Myers, Joint Clinical Lead at NHSE Getting it Right First Time (GIRFT), Pathology; Laboratory Director Clinical Biochemistry and Clinical Lead for POCT at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Martin presented on the clinical implications of pre-analytical errors and haemolysis, kicking off with an explanation of how the GIRFT initiative works in practice, against a background of integrated pathology networks and improvement through regulation to deliver clinically led advancement with the patient at the centre. The GIRFT methodology was covered, starting with relevant data from all trusts and ending with the National Report, which highlighted best practices, concerns,
Feedback from the HCPs involved highlighted the instant feedback on sample quality, and the POCT team was able to identify operators with a high haemolysis rate
Dr Martin Myers, Joint Clinical Lead at NHSE Getting it Right First Time (GIRFT), Pathology.
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