Do you have any examples of this scenario? I saw something similar in our test scripts, but assumed it was due to the other problem with APEX I highlighted (i.e. it calculates a score based on the latest result, not the current one).

Alan.

Dr Alan Dodd, Senior Clinical Scientist
Biochemistry, William Harvey Hospital
Ashford, Kent.



On Fri, 20 Mar 2015 08:52:13 +0000, Sharp Steve (NORTHERN LINCOLNSHIRE AND GOOLE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST) <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>We also have noticed in Apex that NA and zero AKI scores appear to be inconsistently applied on some occasions. A zero score has been applied when there are no previous creatinine results, rather than NA.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: ACB AKI-Detection-Algorithm [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Anne Dawnay
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>Subject: AKI staging on Apex CSC FW: ACB-CLIN-CHEM-GEN Digest - 18 Mar 2015 to 19 Mar 2015 (#2015-57)
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>Hi Kath, in the interests of info sharing, am sending your email  on to the dedicated AKI mailbase that is also accessed by many involved in the programme who are not ACB.
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>best wishes
>Anne
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>Date:    Thu, 19 Mar 2015 17:14:41 +0000
>From:    Katharine Hayden <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Apex AKI Alerts
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>Since going live with AKI Alerts on Apex we have identifed errors in the generation of some alerts and have had to switch them off.
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>The issue relates to AKI Stage NA being generated even in the presence of a previous creatinine result.
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>CSC are investigating and think this relates to the previous results having been archived.
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>Could any Apex users who have gone live with AKI Alerts let me know if they have experienced any similar problems and also at what interval you archive results?
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>Apologies to non Apex users.
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>Kath Hayden
>Consultant Clinical Biochemist
>Manchester Royal Infirmary
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