Siemens Expands Assay Menu for Critical Care RAPIDPoint 500 Analyzer

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics has announced the addition of a Lactate assay to the test menu of its recently launched RAPIDPoint^® 500 System. The system is designed for cartridge-based critical care testing at the point-of-care (POC).

The easy-to-use RAPIDPoint 500 system allows clinicians to obtain rapid and accurate test results in approximately 60 seconds. The Lactate assay joins an already extensive assay menu that includes Blood Gas (pH, pCO2, pO2, Electrolytes (Na+, K+, Ca++, Cl-), Metabolites (Glucose, nBili) and CO-oximetry (tHb, sO2, O2Hb, HHb, COHb, MetHb).

The POC system allows clinicians to make diagnostic decisions quickly. The addition of the Lactate assay further enhances the system’s functionality for clinicians relying on critical-care testing in, for example Accident & Emergency departments or Intensive Care Units.

Afia Boamah, Blood Gas and Stratus CS Product Manager at Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, states, “The addition of Lactate to the already extensive assay range on the RAPIDPoint 500 follows an extremely successful Controlled Release Programme. Over 21,000 samples were run with zero cartridge failures attributable to the lactate sensor. Such results underpin the confidence we have in our cartridge based technology and the functionality it adds to the RAPIDPoint 500 System.”