The RapidLab® 1265 is a high volume, low-maintenance whole blood analyser that offers blood gas, electrolyte, metabolite and full co-oximetry analyses from a single sample. It delivers accurate results in 60 seconds or less, allowing medical staff to make critical decisions at the earliest opportunity.
Neonatal Technician, Bridget Robbins, comments, "The babies we care for often require complex surgical, cardiac and medical intervention. It is vital that our blood gas analyser gives fast and accurate results since ventilator settings, fluids and drug levels are calculated on these results. We find that the Siemens RapidLab® 1265 gives us faster results, which saves staff time and is better for the patients."
The Peter Dunn NICU at St Michael's Hospital is a regional specialist centre for neonatal intensive care, caring for over 600 babies every year from all over the South West of England. A critically ill baby may require blood gas analyses every 30 minutes, and so the RapidLab® 1265 is located in situ to ensure that tests can be performed and results obtained as soon as they are required.
Bridget Robbins continues, "The complete range of parameters offered by the RapidLab® 1265 is of use to us in the care of critically ill babies. In particular, Met haemoglobin may be a side effect of specialised treatment, and so we have to monitor levels closely in case treatment needs to be altered. "In addition, estimated haemoglobin may give an early indication of anaemia. The system copes very well with neonatal blood samples. We do not need to use magnetic "fleas" to control clots."
"Our experience with Siemens' systems in the past has been very good and we have received excellent support from the Help Desk and our local Siemens representative. All in all the RapidLab® 1265 has been a good and economical choice for us."
All reagents for the RapidLab® 1265 are contained in easy-to-use sealed cartridges, making the system extremely easy to use and maintain.
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Siemens Healthcare is one of the world's largest suppliers to the healthcare industry. The company is a renowned medical solutions provider with core competence and innovative strength in diagnostic and therapeutic technologies as well as in knowledge engineering, including information technology and system integration. With its laboratory diagnostics acquisitions, Siemens Healthcare will be the first fully integrated diagnostics company, bringing together imaging and lab diagnostics, therapy, and healthcare information technology solutions, supplemented by consulting and support services. Siemens Healthcare delivers solutions across the entire continuum of care -- from prevention and early detection, to diagnosis, therapy and care. The company employs more than 49,000 people worldwide and operates in 130 countries. In the fiscal year 2007 (Sept. 30), Siemens Healthcare reported sales of €9.85 billion, orders of €10.27 billion, and group profit of €1.32 billion.
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