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Hi Sally, we are using a Sysmex XN450 in our ED department. Results correlate really well with lab results, EQA performance is excellent and the analyser has been really reliable. There is a limit of 100 operators and we have over 250 working in ED. Our POCT team perform daily shutdown/startup and run QC (approx 15 mins work per day). We also change reagents and maintain stocks. Ward staff, doctors, nurses & HCAs run the samples. Our main problem is connectivity - results go through Conworx to LIS to ICE. Operators get a print out which has the patient demographics they enter on the device however Conworx only transmits the hospital number - no operator details or supporting patient demographics transmit. The device cannot support an ADT feed. We generate labels on ICE to help ensure the correct hospital number is used but operators do not always scan these and errors do occur. In terms of operation, the XN450 is not intuitive - it is very much a lab analyser so we have extensive posters showing the process step by step and Sysmex did print some posters for us on how to retrieve results. A large number of the ED staff are now (18 months later) confident operators but many have been scared off as they find it difficult to use. Kind regards, Angela [cid:973554808@06072017-1B42] FRIMLEY HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST Wexham Park Hospital Slough SL2 4HL ANGELA SULLIVAN POINT OF CARE TESTING CO-ORDINATOR * 01753 633464 È07787 598407 * [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> For all Point of Care testing queries, please contact x3464 or 07787 598407 Email [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Out of hours please contact On call Blood Sciences Staff. ________________________________ From: ACB Point-of-Care Testing [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sally Slack Sent: 05 July 2017 16:24 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: PoCT 5 part diff for haematology clinic Dear Mailbase, We have had a request from our haematology colleagues for a PoCT 5 part diff analyser for their haematological malignancy clinics. Does anyone have any experience of 5 part diff devices in this clinical setting? I will collate any responses and summarise in due course, Many thanks, Sally Sally Slack MBIOCHEM, MSc, FRCPath Consultant Biochemist Blood Sciences North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust, Cumberland Infirmary, CARLISLE, CA2 7HY. Tel: 01228 814521 Fax: 01228 814831 The NCUHT Pathology Handbook can be found here<http://www.ncuh.nhs.uk/for-gps/pathology/index.aspx> For general information on tests see Lab Tests Online<http://www.labtestsonline.org.uk/ > ******************************************************************************************************************** This message may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient please inform the sender that you have received the message in error before deleting it. Please do not disclose, copy or distribute information in this e-mail or take any action in relation to its contents. To do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Thank you for your co-operation. NHSmail is the secure email and directory service available for all NHS staff in England and Scotland. NHSmail is approved for exchanging patient data and other sensitive information with NHSmail and other accredited email services. For more information and to find out how you can switch, https://portal.nhs.net/help/joiningnhsmail ________________________________ The contents of this e-mail are intended for the addressee or the person responsible for delivering it to the intended addressee. It may contain privileged or confidential information and/or copyright material. If you have received this e-mail in error, you may not copy or deliver this to anyone else either electronically or by any other means. If you have received this email in error, please advise the sender immediately by using the reply facility on your e-mail software or mailto:[log in to unmask] Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust cannot accept responsibility for the security or accuracy of outgoing electronic mail. Any view or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not represent the view of the Trust unless specifically stated. The information contained in this e-mail may be subject to public disclosure under UK Legislation. Unless the information is legally exempt from disclosure, the confidentiality of this e-mail, and your reply cannot be guaranteed. When forwarding on this email, ensure that you have the permission of the email author.