Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Launches the DCA Vantage Analyser for Point-of-Care Diabetes Management

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics has launched the DCA Vantage™ Analyser, a point-of-care (POC)diabetes patient management platform providing glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), Microalbumin/Creatinine and Albumin-to-Creatinine tests for diabetes management.

The DCA Vantage Analyser is critical for monitoring a patient’s glycemic control and helps physicians to encourage patient compliance by delivering actionable test results during a patient visit. The system delivers the simplicity and convenience required at the point of care with no sample or reagent preparation steps.

The DCA Vantage Analyser enables clinicians to provide early detection of kidney disease, the most common complication in patients with diabetes. In addition, there is an onboard Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) calculator to assist in kidney disease staging.

With the new DCA Vantage Analyser, physicians can enter a patient ID via touch screen or barcode, view the on-board printed reports and HbA1c patient trending graphs, and easily download the patient results to an external healthcare information technology (HIT) system. For testing sites that require compliance and control of decentralized testing, powerful features such as connectivity to LIS, operator ID entry, QC reminders, test lock-out, remote access, and adjustable correlation to reference methods are available. Other unique features include the ability to adjust correlation parameters in order to match reference assays or standardize results over multiple systems.

The DCA Vantage Analyser’s flexible data management enhancements and testing compliance capabilities help boost productivity by providing speedy access to patient data. The system is network-ready and test results can be shared within the office, clinic or among coordinated POC sites. These benefits translate to the physician’s ability to have productive discussions with patients during their visits and ability to positively impact everything from patient compliance to treatment regimen.

Simple, convenient testing is enabled by an intuitive colour touch screen display. The operator loads the test cartridge which includes the patient sample onto the system and walks away. The system automatically performs the test procedure, stores the patient results and displays, prints and/or uploads patient results to the LIS/HIS. The DCA platform delivers proven performance documented in over 100 clinical articles and boosts clinical confidence.