Effectiveness of Point of Care Complete Blood Cell Count Analyzer in Reducing Time to Results

Northwestern Medicine100 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

100

Conditions

Laboratory Problem

Interventions

Central Lab based CBCDEVICE

lab samples will be sent to the central lab for CBC analysis

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 10 YearsMax age: 85 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * 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. Exclusion Criteria: * 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)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Time to result

Time between blood draw and CBC result displayed in Electronic medical record

Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year