Naslov
Quality improvement in point-of-care blood glucose testing with Cobas IT 1000

Autori
Čeri, Andrea ; Baršić, Ivana ; Rogić, Dunja

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Biochemia Medica / Šimundić, Ana-Marija - Zagreb, 2014, S57-S57

Skup
14th EFLM Continuous Postgraduate Course in Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine: "NEw trends in laboratory diagnosis and management of diabetes mellitus: Diabetes mellitus revisited 14 years after the first Dubrovnik course"

Mjesto i datum
Dubrovnik, Hrvatska, 25.10.2014. - 26.10.2014

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Podatak o recenziji nije dostupan

Ključne riječi
data management ; Cobas IT 1000 ; point-of-care testing

Sažetak
Background: The University Hospital Centre Zagreb is the largest hospital in Croatia as well as a unique institution regarding many medical procedures, diagnostic methods and therapeutic procedures. Our hospital has well-developed system of point-of-care testing (POCT). Since POCT is performed outside the central laboratory, it is very important to ensure supervision of each stage of performing the point-of-care testing (quality control, consumption of reagents, critical results, duplicate samples). Materials and Methods: More than 130 POCT instruments (blood gas analyzers, hematology analyzers, coagulation monitoring system analyzers and glucometers) have been installed so far at the University Hospital Center Zagreb in clinical departments, where the emphasis was to reduce the time span between collecting samples and getting test results (i.e. turnaround time, TAT). 115 glucometers are connected with central laboratory via software Cobas IT 1000 (data management system for hospital POCT). It connects glucometers, collects and stores patient and control test results centrally. Such integration allows thorough analysis of results (reviewing Levey Jennings charts by specific combination of test strip lot and control lot number) and preparation of daily, monthly and annual reports on results obtained from glucometers. Also, it enables adding a new test strip lot to all glucometers in just a few minutes. Conclusions: POCT group devotes great attention to improving quality of POCT. It is a time-consuming job that requires a lot of patience and understanding. With Cobas IT 1000 we made step forward to better quality of POCT glucometers. At our hospital, quality means providing safe and appropriate care to our patients. Cobas IT 1000 allows easier and faster control over the use of glucometers and gives us more time for education of non laboratory staff which is one of most important components in quality improvement.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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