Its not NICE guidance it’s a diagnostic advisory committee report and I applies to hs assays only
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Bradbury Wayne (RNL) North Cumbria University Hospitals
Sent: 03 March 2015 13:30
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Subject: Point of care Troponin T testing
One of our A/E Consultants is keen to investigate using his blood gas analyser (Radiometer AQT90) for the early rule out of MI in the A/E dept.
Radiometer have a Troponin T assay for this analyser but it is not a high sensitivity assay (lowest value with 10% CV is about 30 ng/L).
He is proposing to use an admission sample and one collected 3 hours later in line with the latest NICE guideline, which is based on high sensitivity assays.
I suspect this approach could produce false negatives as it is not a high sensitivity assay.
I would be interested in hearing the experience of anybody who has investigated or is using the Radiometer assay - whether good or bad.
Thanks,
Mr WH Bradbury BSc MSc FRCPath
Consultant Biochemist / Head of Blood Sciences,
North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust,
Tel: 01228 814521
Fax: 01228 814831
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