Using the i-STAT in
Alternative Care Settings

Accelerate patient care decision-making with lab-quality, critical blood analysis results in minutes

Patient-side point-of-care testing may offer another area where your facility can offer expert rapid patient care, which can help promote patient satisfaction with your facility.

The i-STAT System allows you to advocate a solution throughout the continuum of care that provides your clinicians with real-time results to enhance patient care decision-making. By reducing the wait time for results, patient-side testing minimizes procedural delays and cancellations, and reduces staff time spent in follow-up with patients and lab personnel.

The i-STAT System also delivers lab-quality results, enabling faster patient diagnosis across a variety of health care settings for a wide range of blood gas, chemistry, coagulation, and cardiac marker tests in just minutes.

Some of the benefits of the i-STAT System include:

• a portable, simple-to-operate design, which allows lab-quality testing in various health care settings
• a streamlined approach that eliminates process steps and handoffs, reducing the possibility of errors
• a single testing platform offering a broad menu of the most-commonly performed tests, making it ideal for meeting a wide range of medical practice needs
• the electronic transfer of information, barcoding of operator and patient identification, and customizable built-in safety features support quality and compliance in your facility

Many of our tests are CLIA-waived*; check cartridge status and view our complete range of cartridges.

*Granted waived status for the i-STAT 1 System with venous whole blood samples collected in a sodium or lithium heparin evacuated tube

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