Cooximeter solutions for the Cath Labs
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Hi all
Can any of you recommend a solution for a COOX solution for cath lab. I have looked around and it appears that the Avoximeter is the only real solution? is this the case? If so, what are the pros and cons..
The instrument is quiet dated but then all the other solutions appear to be also.
The real concern I have is the very limited connectivity ability and functionality. I am wondering what have people done to meet all the accreditation requirements when it does not have the functionalities we take for granted nowadays?
thanks
Jonathan
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Hi Jonathan,
We also looked at the AVOX and had the same impression. We have been using the Radiometer ABL 80 Flex OSM since June and have had no major issues...once they got the connectivity right. The instrument is basically maintenance free and all of my cath lab people loved it. Service is really good. Since you are only doing COOX, the solution pack is good for 2 months instead of one. LQC is easy, the operators have had no trouble doing them. You will have to do an IQCP as the internal QC does not go through the sample port like the 90s do.
Feel free to contact me off listserv if you have any questions about the 'hiccups' or anything I haven't mentioned!
Lois Snider
lois.snider@stclair.org
412-942-3827
We too use the ABL80...and I love it! It is interfaced, etc. Like Lois said. Check it out!
Shawn Froom
I have had the AVOX 1000E for approximately 5 years and like it very much, as does the staff. It is easily interfaced to Telcor (middleware) using a Dawning Box (provided by Telcor). The advantages of the machine is primarily it was made with nurses/cath lab setting in mind - very simple to use. The other reason it "won out" is it is very cost efficient. We are a low-volume, non-interventional cardiac cath lab and with other analyzers there would have been significant waste - even the smallest cartridge packs offered were far more than we needed. Would have been money thrown away every month, or two months. With AVOX, you are only using what you need, as your only consumable is the cuvette.
As you noted - it IS a bit outdated (I bring this to the vendor's attention all the time!) in that it does not have a barcode scanner, cannot accept a patient ID larger than 11 characters, and although there is a lockout feature to run the electronic QC (filters) - there is no lockout based on range pass/fail on either the EQC or the LQC. That's generally not a major factor because we have a small cath lab staff - but it could prove difficult if your pool of trained users is large. If they could resolve those issues, it really would be quite perfect!