Hi AnnMarie,
No they are not interfaced. Huge cost to do so which we couldn’t justify.
My team manually input and this reports into the PHE with our lab test results.
I would say if you are not already getting cepheid allocation for covid-19 then you should not plan on receiving any.
I understand sites already receiving may expect a reduced allocation from their current levels as the reagents are being prioritised for other countries.
Thanks
Katy
Katy Heaney
POCT Specialty Lead, Consultant Biochemist
Berkshire & Surrey Pathology Services
Qpoint EQA Scheme Director
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
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Sent: 12 August 2020 15:16
To: HEANEY, Katy (FRIMLEY HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST) <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask]
Subject: RE: Samba II DNA nudge
Hi Katy
This is really helpful.
Are these connected up to IT? Just wondering how you are collecting the results for PHE,etc.
I have seen the brochure for the DNA nudge and although again the loading of a sample seems reasonably straightforward the maintenance looks complex.
There is a 1page flowchart that users should follow to perform a Health check to test the Nudgebox pressure and thermal subsystems at the start of a day and after every 10 tests. This takes 10mins and is complex.
Our nursing staff would really struggle with this.
If anyone has first-hand experience of the DNA nudge I would be really grateful if you can feed back with regards to operation, maintenance and collection of results.
This would be really helpful as we are trying to plan flu and COVID. We also have a Cepheid in our Respiratory dept but don't know what cartridge allocation we are going to get which makes planning difficult.
Thanks very much
Ann Marie
Ann Marie Carroll
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From: ACB Point-of-Care Testing [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of HEANEY, Katy (FRIMLEY HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST)
Sent: 12 August 2020 12:53
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Subject: Re: Samba II DNA nudge
Dear David,
We have been running a POCT service using the DRW SAMBA devices since mid-may. We now have 5 services running at 5 different hospitals.
The service is run out of A&E. It is staffed 24/7 by POCT associate practitioners - as the devices are complex and the service is very busy - removing nurses/HCAs from patient care activity to run this would not have been the right decision.
However locating them in A&E and considering the approach to testing along a POCT operational model has allowed us to provide an average turnaround time from swab to result of 2hr 35min. Which I don’t believe has been possible using these devices when they are located in the laboratory.
The loading of a sample is simple. The troubleshooting is not as simple and requires a good SOP to follow through.
1 test is 98min analytical time for a negative. You can only load 1 sample at a time.
So they come in banks of devices.
In between tests the time to clean down and load a sample is approx. 5min for an experienced operator.
So in reality... the company sell them with expectation of running 12 a day per machine.
You can push this to 13 a day in my experience.
Happy to discuss further if you would like to know more.
I do not have any experience of the DNA nudge, I have only seen the presentations circulated to procurement teams nationally.
I understand they implemented at charing cross and imperial.
With some verification work done at other sites.
Kind regards
Katy
Katy Heaney
POCT Specialty Lead, Consultant Biochemist Berkshire & Surrey Pathology Services Qpoint EQA Scheme Director Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
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From: ACB Point-of-Care Testing <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of David Seeruthun
Sent: 12 August 2020 12:36
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Samba II DNA nudge
Hi all
Does anyone have any experience with the Samba II or DNANudge box for COVID testing? How do users find them? are they operated as true POC or are they in lab settings?
Main question is what is the throughput and test length of time for each of the analysers?
Many thanks
Dave
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