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From: Martin Holland <[log in to unmask]>
To: Peter Stromberg <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 20 November 1999 19:49
Subject: Re: NEAR PATIENT TESTING FOR TROPONIN-T
> This is very timely! We do CKMB mass, one run per day including Saturdays
> and Sundays. We are in the process of devising a chest pain management
> protocol for use in our new Medical Assessment Unit. This is being
prepared
> by the consultant in charge of it, our cardiologists and ourselves (in
> clinical chemistry). We expect to change over to Troponin T and offer two
> runs per weekday and one on Saturdays and Sundays.
>
> Our AE department has been approached by at least 2 firms with cardiac
> marker meters. The AE consultants say they are just collecting
information
> because the MAU protocol may not be exactly what they need. We would
> probably discourage the use of NPT in AE especially as the cardiologists
> here are supporting the MAU initiative and would be able to provide some
> interesting answers if they were ever to be called as expert witnesses.
>
> I, too would be grateful for any feedback which would help me set up a
> system based on good clinical practice.
>
> Regards,
>
> Martin.
>
> Dept Clinical Chemistry
> New Cross Hospital
> Wolverhampton
> UK.
>
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