Effectiveness of Point of Care Complete Blood Cell Count Analyzer in Reducing Time to Results
Status unconfirmed
Conditions studied: Laboratory Problem
In brief
The current process for getting complete blood cell counts (CBC) results in the operating room during surgery relies on sending blood samples from the operating room to the hospital's central lab. This workflow is complex and often results in handing off the blood sample to 4 or more different staff members before arriving in the lab for analysis. This often causes delayed CBC results, which may lead to inappropriate or delayed clinical decision making. By providing prompt access to CBC results with the use of a point of care CBC analyzer, the clinical workflow efficiency can be significantly improved. This should resulting in better clinical decision making, reductions in costs, increase in patient satisfaction and facilitation of hospital processes.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT04769336
- Run by
- Northwestern Medicine
- People needed
- 100
- Starts
- 2021-04-01
- Expected to finish
- 2022-03-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2021-02-24
Who can join
Age: 10 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- All English speaking patients, 18 years or older, having surgery in the Lake Forest Hospital operating rooms, with a pre-existing indication for CBC analysis.
You may not qualify if…
- All patients not meeting inclusion criteria or protected patient populations, specifically, pregnant women, prisoners, cognitively impaired patients, patients unable to consent, students, employees, and children)
Where it is running
- Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital — Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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