epoc^® Blood Analysis System

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epoc® Blood Analysis System

Improve outcomes and workflow while transforming care delivery across clinical pathways. The epoc® Blood Analysis System gives you lab-quality results here and now.

The epoc system is a handheld, wireless solution to enable comprehensive blood analysis testing at the patient’s side on a single room temperature test card, with results in less than a minute.

Streamline patient-testing workflow.
Accelerate clinical decision making.
Simplify inventory management.
Deliver real-time results and reporting.

The epoc system is a handheld, wireless solution to enable comprehensive blood gas testing at the patient’s side on a single room temperature cartridge, with results in less than one minute.

Features & Benefits

Streamline patient-testing workflow.

By moving testing to the patient’s side, caregivers, patients, and hospital administration all benefit from a less-complex testing process that improves turnaround times, patient care, and operational efficiencies.

Accelerate clinical decision making.

Empower clinicians to make faster decisions with lab-quality results at the patient’s side, enhancing clinical decision making and improving patient outcomes.

Simplify inventory management.

By incorporating a full menu on a single, room temperature-stable test card bar-coded for quality assurance, the epoc system delivers a more efficient and easy-to-manage patient-side testing program.

Deliver real-time results and reporting.

With an integrated, wireless connection, you can easily transmit results from the patient’s side to the EMR/LIS/HIS in real time and gain centralized control of decentralized testing.

See what customers are saying about the epoc® Blood Analysis System

“I think our (sepsis) mortality on the initial floors dropped by almost 50% in the first 3 to 6 months.”

^{Jason Smith, MD,
Huntsville Hospital}

“After using the epoc Point of Care Blood Analysis System for 8 months, a 48% reduction in operating costs over the previous year was achieved.”

^{Clarke Woods, BS, and Dave Culton, BA.
Pinnacle Health Proven. 2012}

“The epoc system showed excellent precision and accuracy and compared favorably with the I-STAT and ABL 835 Radiometer assay results. Evaluation studies were performed as per the Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) guidelines.”

^{Shweta Agarwal, MD, and Rabia Shafi, MD, et al.
Point of Care December 2014; 13(4):132-136}

“The epoc system uses a single test card with all the different analytes including glucose, lactate, creatinine, and chloride, whereas the I-STAT system uses multiple test cartridges for the same results. Lastly, the smart card technology of epoc reduces cost and maximizes efficiency in the hospital setting.”

^{Shweta Agarwal, MD, and Rabia Shafi, MD, et al.
Point of Care December 2014; 13(4):132-136}

Clinical Use

Test results from the epoc® system correlate with leading point-of-care benchtop blood gas and chemistry analyzers.

Read Summary of Analytical Methods and Performance (pdf) 1.41 MB

Assays

Measured Parameters
Parameter	Unit of Measure	Measurement Range
pH	pH units	6.5–8.0
pCO₂	mmHg	5-250
	kPa	0.7-33.3
pO₂	mmHg	5–750
	kPa	0.7–100
TCO₂	mmol/L	5-50
	mEq/L
Na+	mmol/L	85–180
	mEq/L
K+	mmol/L	1.5–12.0
	mEq/L
Ca++	mmol/L	0.25–4.00
	mg/dL	1.0–16.0
	mEq/L	0.5–8.0
Cl-	mmol/L	65–140
	mEq/L
Hct	% PCV	10–75
	L/L	0.10–0.75
Glu	mmol/L	1.1–38.5
	mg/dL	20-700
	g/L	0.20-7.00
Lac	mmol/L	0.30–20.00
	mg/dL	2.7–180.2
	g/L	0.03–1.80
Crea	mg/dL	0.30–15.00
	μmol/L	27–1326
BUN	mg/dL	3-120
Urea	mmol/L	1.1-42.8
	mg/dL	7-257
	g/L	0.07-2.57

Calculated Parameters
Parameter	Unit of Measure	Measurement Range
cHgb	mmol/L	2.0-15.5
	g/dL	3.3-25
	g/L	33-250
cHCO₃-	mmol/L	1-85
	mEq/L
cTCO₂	mmol/L	1-85
	mEq/L
BE(ecf)	mmol/L	30 – +30
	mEq/L
BE(b)	mmol/L	-30 – +30
	mEq/L
cSO₂	%	0-100
GFRmdr*^†	mL/min/1.73m²	2–60 or >60
GFRmdr-a*^†	mL/min/1.73m²	2–60 or >60
GFRckd^‡	mL/min/1.73m²	1-225
GFRckd-a^‡	mL/min/1.73m²	1-225
GFRswz^§	mL/min/1.73m²	1-275
AGap	mmol/L	-14 – +95
	mEq/L
AGapK	mmol/L	-10 – +99
	mEq/L
BUN/Crea	mg/mg	0.2-400.0
Urea/Crea	mmol/mmol	0.8-1615.4
	mg/mg	0.4-856.8
A	mmHg	5-800
	kPa	0.67-106.64
A-a	mmHg	1-800
	kPa	0.13-106.64
a/A	%	0-100
	fraction	0-1

Institutions should establish and set their own normal range values.* Values >60 will be reported as >60 mL/min/1.73 m2.† IDMS-traceable MDRD type‡ CKD-EPI equation§ Bedside Schwartz equation

Technical Details

Sample Size
Sample volume	At least 92 μL

Analysis
Time to result	Less than 1 minute

Quality Control
	Eurotrol GAS-ISE Metabolite control; Eurotrol Hematocrit control

Test Card
Calibration	Automatically performed prior to every test
Storage	15–30°C
Shelf life	Up to 5 months

Integrated Barcode Scanner
	Patient ID and Operator ID; 1D and 2D bar-code format

Operating System
	MICROSOFT Windows Mobile 6.5 Classic

Communications
	Real Time Wireless, LIS/HIS via data management system, POC Informatics Solutions

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The outcomes obtained by the Siemens Healthineers customer described here were realized in the customer’s unique setting. Since there is no typical laboratory, and many variables exist, there can be no guarantee that others will achieve the same results.

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