It provides immediate blood gas, electrolyte and critical care biochemistry results and provides lower. Linearity study of three epoc blood analysis systems. Blood samples 68 venous and 32 arterial were obtained from 63 client. The system manual is organized into sections corresponding with the table of contents at the front of the manual. Cms allows a total of four epoc user accounts existing. The volume of blood necessary for analysis has been reduced from approximately 0. Section 2 epoc blood analysis system provides a brief description of the epoc system and its major components. The epoc system is a handheld, wireless solution to enable comprehensive blood analysis testing at the patients side on a single room temperature test card, with results in less than a minute. Element poc epoc utilizes a singleuse test card that is stored at room temperature and contains gold electrodes and calibration fluids to calibrate the analyzer prior to each sample analysis. The epoc system is a handheld, wireless solution that provides blood gas, electrolyte and metabolite results at the. A crucial part of every patients assessment is measurement of. Acute exacerbations of copd account for a large percentage of presentations to emergency departments in the uk each year. Pdf analytical evaluation of the epoc pointofcare blood.
Medical device for in vitro diagnosis for the measurement of blood gases. Data were collected for 156 epoc systems over 12 months. To describe validation and performance of epoc, a blood gas. The epoc blood analysis system is intended for use by trained medical professionals as an in vitro diagnostic device for the quantitative testing of samples of whole blood using the bgem blood gas. Page 8 how to install or replace the microsd card on the host epoc. The epoc blood analysis system abg gives you labquality results always. Each section is controlled and maintained separately by the document and revision. The past, present and future of blood gas and electrolyte.
Blood gas, electrolytes and metabolites on a handheld device in 30 seconds. Siemens healthineers to acquire epocal from alere daic. Clinical performance of a novel portable epoc analyzer. The epoc blood analysis system gives you labquality results here and now. Each section is controlled and maintained separately by the document and revision number at the bottom of each page. The epoc blood analysis system is a handheld, wireless testing solution that provides blood gas, electrolyte and metabolite results near the patient in approximately 30 seconds after. Woodley equipment is the exclusive uk supplier of the epoc veterinary blood gas, electrolyte and critical care analyser.
Woodley equipment is the exclusive uk supplier of the epoc veterinary blood gas, electrolyte. For details on how each device connects and communicates, as well as the reports available, download the pdf. The epoc is a portable analyser available for uk veterinary practices. Analytical and clinical performance of the epoc blood analysis. The epoc reader and host are two separate devices that communicate bidirectionally via bluetooth and provide a handheld. It is used with the wondfo s original blood gas analyzer test card electrochemistry, blood gas analyzer reagent pack supporting the use, suitable for the measurement of patients in blood ph ph, carbon. Preanalytical errors in blood gas testing anamaria simundic zagreb, croatia. Arterial blood gas and electrolyte testing are essential for the evaluation of a patients general condition in clinical settings. Introduction identifying acute hypercapnic respiratory failure is crucial in the initial management of acute exacerbations of copd. Then, click to select products of interest for sidebyside comparison in. Abstractobjectives to describe validation and performance of epoc, a blood gas analysis pointofcare system, in a live clinical setting. An abg is a special blood draw that requires arterial blood, or freshly oxygenated blood from your lungs.
The epoc system is a handheld, wireless solution to enable comprehensive blood analysis testing at the patients side on a. Stat 1 blood analyser operates with the advanced technology of single. The test shows your oxygen levels, which show how effective your lungs are at. First, click a product category to view the features, functionality, and marketplace presence of leading lab software and instrumentation. Pdf evaluation of the istat blood gas analysis system. The epoc system is a handheld, wireless solution that provides blood gas, electrolyte and metabolite results at the patients bedside in approximately 30 seconds after sample introduction. The blood specimen were collected in blood gas syringes from 40 cardiac. Epocal epoc blood gas analyzer epocal epoc point of care blood analysis system is the first and only. Bluetooth or wifi to your practice management software heska integration required or epoc wireless printer sold separately.
It is recommended to test samples immediately after the blood draw to obtain results that represent the patients status with the greatest accuracy. Simply insert the test card into the epoc reader and obtain a blood sample from the. Rals systems are interfaced to devices you use at the pointofcare every day from market share leaders in glucose, coagulation, blood gaselectrolytes and cardiac markers, and more. Linearity analysis and comparison study on the epoc pointofcare. Arterial blood gas abg analysis linkedin slideshare. If epoc host still does not respond, perform a cold reset. The epoc blood analyser is a fast, accurate and costeffective portable analyser ideal for any veterinary practice. To describe validation and performance of epoc, a blood gas analysis pointofcare system, in a live clinical setting. Portable, wireless blood gas analyzer with critical tests for patientside testing. Electrolyte bge test card and 2 blood gas electrolyte and metabolytes bgem test. The epocs blood analysis system the epocs blood analysis system epocal inc.
The steps to access epoc application document contains detailed information on accessing the epoc and aspen web applications. Abg equipment 3 electrode system that measures three fundamental variables po2, pco2 and ph all others parameters such as hco3 computed by software using standard formulae. Data will not be lost with either procedure, which takes approximately one minute. Capillary blood gases in acute exacerbations of copd. Clinical institute of chemistry, clinical unit for medical biochemistry and toxicology, university hospital center sestre.
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