Invitech pregnancy testing kits
We have had some concerns over the quality of this kit on a number of occasions and are looking to change the supplier.
Stephen
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Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 11:36:33 +0000
From: "BAILEY Clare (RF4) BHR Hospitals" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Faulty Invitech Urine Pregnancy Testing Cassette
Dear All ,
Please be aware that the Biochemistry Laboratory at BHRUT have encountered a discrepant Invitech urine pregnancy test cassette (Product INV-FHC-U102, Lot W00150359). I wondered if any other users had exerienced similar?
It was the 10mIL/mL assay. The packaging was undamaged and it appears to be an isolated incident. Obvioulsy the test was invalid, but I've had to send a communication to Governance and the Clinical areas as there's a risk of mis-interpretation.
I'd be interested to find out if anyone else has reported any problems?
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Below: Correct Test/ Control Line position, within the designated zones.
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Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 13:20:56 +0000
From: Helen Peat <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: APTT testng at POCT
Dear all
I have been approached this morning for APTT measurement at POCT. We currently offer INR but not APTT. What do other Trusts offer and what systems do they use. Company details would be very useful if available.
Many thanks as ever.
Helen Peat
Point of Care Manager. Biochemistry Laboratory Manager
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Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 15:16:48 +0000
From: "Hatfield, Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: APTT testng at POCT
Hi Helen
We used to use Hemochron Signature Plus with APTT Cartridges - always seemed OK.
Regards
Steve
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Sent: 04 February 2016 13:21
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Subject: [[SPAM]] - APTT testng at POCT
Dear all
I have been approached this morning for APTT measurement at POCT. We currently offer INR but not APTT. What do other Trusts offer and what systems do they use. Company details would be very useful if available.
Many thanks as ever.
Helen Peat
Point of Care Manager. Biochemistry Laboratory Manager
BB:
+44 (0)7826875875
Tel:
07826875875
Internal:
15978
Mobile:
07826875875
Email:
[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Web:
http://www.uhb.nhs.uk
Clinical Laboratory Services, Level -1, Office 7 Pathology - University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Mindelsohn Way, Edgbaston Birmingham, B15 2GW
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Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 15:28:28 +0000
From: "Barlow Ian (NORTHERN LINCOLNSHIRE AND GOOLE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST)"
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Subject: Re: APTT testng at POCT
Could I ask, what compelling clinical reason justifies these measurements at POCT? Have I missed the evidence?
Regards
Ian
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Sent: 04 February 2016 15:17
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Subject: Re: APTT testng at POCT
Hi Helen
We used to use Hemochron Signature Plus with APTT Cartridges - always seemed OK.
Regards
Steve
From: ACB Point-of-Care Testing [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Helen Peat
Sent: 04 February 2016 13:21
To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [[SPAM]] - APTT testng at POCT
Dear all
I have been approached this morning for APTT measurement at POCT. We currently offer INR but not APTT. What do other Trusts offer and what systems do they use. Company details would be very useful if available.
Many thanks as ever.
Helen Peat
Point of Care Manager. Biochemistry Laboratory Manager
BB:
+44 (0)7826875875
Tel:
07826875875
Internal:
15978
Mobile:
07826875875
Email:
[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Web:
http://www.uhb.nhs.uk
Clinical Laboratory Services, Level -1, Office 7 Pathology - University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Mindelsohn Way, Edgbaston Birmingham, B15 2GW
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Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 16:08:18 +0000
From: Helen Peat <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: APTT testng at POCT
Missed requests by the doctors, delays in results from the labs (though difficult to evidence this from our data!) and missing samples. The request has come from a sensible source and is for a specific group (cardiac surgery patients).
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Could I ask, what compelling clinical reason justifies these measurements at POCT? Have I missed the evidence?
Regards
Ian
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Sent: 04 February 2016 15:17
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Subject: Re: APTT testng at POCT
Hi Helen
We used to use Hemochron Signature Plus with APTT Cartridges – always seemed OK.
Regards
Steve
From: ACB Point-of-Care Testing [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Helen Peat
Sent: 04 February 2016 13:21
To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [[SPAM]] - APTT testng at POCT
Dear all
I have been approached this morning for APTT measurement at POCT. We currently offer INR but not APTT. What do other Trusts offer and what systems do they use. Company details would be very useful if available.
Many thanks as ever.
Helen Peat
Point of Care Manager. Biochemistry Laboratory Manager
BB:
+44 (0)7826875875
Tel:
07826875875
Internal:
15978
Mobile:
07826875875
Email:
[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Web:
http://www.uhb.nhs.uk
Clinical Laboratory Services, Level -1, Office 7 Pathology - University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Mindelsohn Way, Edgbaston Birmingham, B15 2GW
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Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 16:09:43 +0000
From: Helen Peat <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: APTT testng at POCT
Which company supplies the Haemochron?
From: Hatfield, Steve [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2016 03:16 PM
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: APTT testng at POCT
Hi Helen
We used to use Hemochron Signature Plus with APTT Cartridges – always seemed OK.
Regards
Steve
From: ACB Point-of-Care Testing [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Helen Peat
Sent: 04 February 2016 13:21
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [[SPAM]] - APTT testng at POCT
Dear all
I have been approached this morning for APTT measurement at POCT. We currently offer INR but not APTT. What do other Trusts offer and what systems do they use. Company details would be very useful if available.
Many thanks as ever.
Helen Peat
Point of Care Manager. Biochemistry Laboratory Manager
BB:
+44 (0)7826875875
Tel:
07826875875
Internal:
15978
Mobile:
07826875875
Email:
[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Web:
http://www.uhb.nhs.uk
Clinical Laboratory Services, Level -1, Office 7 Pathology - University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Mindelsohn Way, Edgbaston Birmingham, B15 2GW
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Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 16:28:54 +0000
From: Kerry Grant <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: APTT testng at POCT
Hi Helen,
You may also want to look at the Abbott i-STAT System.
Like Steve, we also have a couple of elderly Hemochron Junior's in the Trust which are used in Interventional Radiology and the Cath Lab but the Abbott solution looked interesting.
https://www.abbottpointofcare.com/products-services/istat-handheld
Kind regards,
Kerry
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From: ACB Point-of-Care Testing [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Helen Peat
Sent: 04 February 2016 13:21
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: APTT testng at POCT
Dear all
I have been approached this morning for APTT measurement at POCT. We currently offer INR but not APTT. What do other Trusts offer and what systems do they use. Company details would be very useful if available.
Many thanks as ever.
Helen Peat
Point of Care Manager. Biochemistry Laboratory Manager
BB:
+44 (0)7826875875
Tel:
07826875875
Internal:
15978
Mobile:
07826875875
Email:
[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Web:
http://www.uhb.nhs.uk
Clinical Laboratory Services, Level -1, Office 7 Pathology - University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Mindelsohn Way, Edgbaston Birmingham, B15 2GW
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Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 16:37:34 +0000
From: "Hatfield, Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: APTT testng at POCT
I believe it is Elitech UK Unit 6, River Park Industrial Estate, Billet Lane, Berkhamsted, Herts, HP4 1HL
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Regards
Steve
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Subject: [[SPAM]] - Re: APTT testng at POCT
Which company supplies the Haemochron?
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To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Subject: Re: APTT testng at POCT
Hi Helen
We used to use Hemochron Signature Plus with APTT Cartridges – always seemed OK.
Regards
Steve
From: ACB Point-of-Care Testing [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Helen Peat
Sent: 04 February 2016 13:21
To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [[SPAM]] - APTT testng at POCT
Dear all
I have been approached this morning for APTT measurement at POCT. We currently offer INR but not APTT. What do other Trusts offer and what systems do they use. Company details would be very useful if available.
Many thanks as ever.
Helen Peat
Point of Care Manager. Biochemistry Laboratory Manager
BB:
+44 (0)7826875875
Tel:
07826875875
Internal:
15978
Mobile:
07826875875
Email:
[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Web:
http://www.uhb.nhs.uk
Clinical Laboratory Services, Level -1, Office 7 Pathology - University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Mindelsohn Way, Edgbaston Birmingham, B15 2GW
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Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 16:38:24 +0000
From: "Barlow Ian (NORTHERN LINCOLNSHIRE AND GOOLE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST)"
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Subject: Re: APTT testng at POCT
…………. But those reasons could apply to any test that we provide?
Ian
From: ACB Point-of-Care Testing [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Helen Peat
Sent: 04 February 2016 16:08
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Subject: Re: APTT testng at POCT
Missed requests by the doctors, delays in results from the labs (though difficult to evidence this from our data!) and missing samples. The request has come from a sensible source and is for a specific group (cardiac surgery patients).
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Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2016 03:28 PM
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Could I ask, what compelling clinical reason justifies these measurements at POCT? Have I missed the evidence?
Regards
Ian
From: ACB Point-of-Care Testing [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Hatfield, Steve
Sent: 04 February 2016 15:17
To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: APTT testng at POCT
Hi Helen
We used to use Hemochron Signature Plus with APTT Cartridges – always seemed OK.
Regards
Steve
From: ACB Point-of-Care Testing [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Helen Peat
Sent: 04 February 2016 13:21
To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [[SPAM]] - APTT testng at POCT
Dear all
I have been approached this morning for APTT measurement at POCT. We currently offer INR but not APTT. What do other Trusts offer and what systems do they use. Company details would be very useful if available.
Many thanks as ever.
Helen Peat
Point of Care Manager. Biochemistry Laboratory Manager
BB:
+44 (0)7826875875
Tel:
07826875875
Internal:
15978
Mobile:
07826875875
Email:
[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Web:
http://www.uhb.nhs.uk
Clinical Laboratory Services, Level -1, Office 7 Pathology - University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Mindelsohn Way, Edgbaston Birmingham, B15 2GW
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