PT/INR Recommendations for Outpatient Clinic
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Can anyone recommend a waived PT/INR method for an outpatient clinic? I manage a hospital laboratory and am relatively new to point of care testing, so I welcome any advice. I've worked with the Hemochron Signature Elite in the past, but found that it did not correlate with our laboratory analyzer.
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Check out the Coaguchek by Roche Diagnostics. A local coumadin clinic uses it. It is also what I use when testing my mom's INR.
I agree, the CoaguChek is a nice meter.
https://usdiagnostics.roche.com/en/instrument/coaguchek-xs-plus-system.html
Coaguchek
I have had experience with the Roche Coaguchek at the last facility I worked at and that is what we use at my present place of employment. I was POCC at my last job and at this job and I find them to be good reliable instruments.
Wow, the lucky mom who has her own personal POCC to perform her POC PT INR testing! ;-)
We also have used Roche Coaguchek in Anticoag clinics and primary care since it came out. It's been compared/studied across several analyzers and we've stuck with it. The anticoag (principle RN) Clinician likes it. Although she is not a fan of 'at home testing', that is not about the actual meter.
Thank you for all of the great responses. We're requested a quote for the Coaguchek.
oh here's a tip maybe? depending on your hospital/lab purchasing structure. Since I'm in Clinics we have some flexibility (moreso than inpatient purchasing) and we get our coagucheks in promos where you buy a certain number of strips in one purchase and then get the meter/device. Now, that may ONLY be because we lack connectivity so have to use the waived xs meter...