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Increase your blood gas clinical knowledge with educational programsSiemens Healthineers is committed to the continuing education needs of every member of your POC and laboratory staff.

Are you a respiratory therapist who wants to keep abreast of key trends in disease state management? Are you a central lab technician who would like to better understand the clinical applications of a diagnostic test? Are you part of a healthcare team working at the point of care that needs to master RAPIDLab® or RAPIDPoint® instrument operation and testing protocols to maintain your competency certification? If so, you’ve come to the right place.

These web pages showcase educational materials that will interest the many healthcare professionals who have a role in blood gas testing. Click on the tabs above to view descriptions of the instrument-specific, general laboratory, and application-oriented courses offered as part of Siemens Healthineers Academy*.

What is Siemens Healthineers Academy?

Siemens Healthineers Academy* is our personalized online education experience for healthcare professionals that’s customized to their role and learning behavior – designed to increase their competency, efficiency, and productivity.

What is Siemens Healthineers Academy Admin?

Siemens Healthineers Academy Admin* is an annual subscription, supporting your clinical institution’s performance growth with integrated workforce education management and administration features.

Siemens Healthineers is dedicated to providing unparalleled, personalized education, training, and management solutions, as part of our Customer Care program, to help our customers excel. We encourage you to visit our top level Education and Training page to learn more about all of the classroom, on-site, and online learning opportunities offered by Siemens Laboratory Diagnostics.

Instrument Training

Learn how to operate and perform tasks associated with a specific RAPIDPoint® blood gas analyzer -- from instrument set-up, to sample processing, to routing procedures like calibration and quality control. Choose individual modules based upon your job role and responsibilities. Log-in or register for a Siemens Healthineers Academy* account now.

RAPIDPoint 300 Blood Gas Systems

Course Description: In this training you will learn about key components and features of the RAPIDPoint 300 systems, which include the RAPIDPoint 350 and RAPIDPoint 340 blood gas analyzers. You will also learn how the RAPIDPoint 300 systems measure blood gasses and the clinical significance of test results.

System Overview Competency: Locate major modules and key components, determine their function, trace the fluid path, and identify the technologies of measured tests to provide the foundation to successfully operate the RAPIDPoint 350 and 340 blood gas analyzers.

Daily Setup & Sample Processing Competency: Analyze patient samples in syringe and capillary modes, review patient analysis results, and perform daily cleaning to clean the sample fluid path on the RAPIDPoint 300 systems.

Calibration and QC Competency: Access items displayed in software menus, differentiate between 1-point and 2-point automatic calibrations, analyze QC samples and review data on calibration and QC reports on the RAPIDPoint 300 systems.

Customization Competency: Access options in the Second menu to perform diagnostic tests to test the accuracy of your instrument, review and print stored patient, QC and calibration data; and select settings that customize your RAPIDPoint 300 system to suit the needs of your workspace.

Troubleshooting Competency: Use the Diagnostics menu to identify and locate system malfunctions in the sensor, valve and reagent modules, and troubleshoot electrode and reagent problems on the RAPIDPoint 300 systems.

RAPIDPoint 400/405 Blood Gas Systems

Course Description: The RAPIDPoint 400/405 analyzers are intended for near-patient and laboratory testing of blood gases, electrolytes, metabolites, nBili, total hemoglobin, and hemoglobin derivatives in arterial, venous, and capillary whole blood samples.

Hardware Overview Competency: Locate major system components and determine their function as foundation to setup and operate the analyzer.

Software Overview Competency: Navigate Top Level screens for analyzing samples, recalling system data, recalling system status and accessing Help. Use system buttons and icons to operate the analyzer.

Sample Processing Competency: Perform preanalytical sample handling. Analyze blood gas samples. Evaluate sample results. Recall and edit sample data.

Calibration Competency: Distinguish between 1 point, 2 point and full calibration. Initiate a manual calibration. Use STAT button to interrupt calibration. Review calibration data to ensure accurate patient results.

Quality Control Competency: Run Automatic QC. Run Manual QC. Evaluate QC results. Resolve QC errors.

Routine Procedures Competency: Replace consumable cartridges, sample port, printer paper, and air filter. Clean and disinfect touchscreen and exterior surfaces.

RAPIDPoint 500 Blood Gas Systems

Course Description: The RAPIDPoint 500 analyzers are intended for near-patient and laboratory testing of blood gases, electrolytes, metabolites, nBili, total hemoglobin, and hemoglobin derivatives in arterial, venous, and capillary whole blood samples.

Hardware Overview Competency: Locate major system components and determine their function as foundation to setup and operate the analyzer.

Software Overview Competency: Navigate Top Level screens for analyzing samples, recalling system data, recalling system status and accessing Help. Use system buttons and icons to operate the analyzer.

Sample Processing Competency: Perform preanalytical sample handling. Analyze blood gas samples. Evaluate sample results. Recall and edit sample data.

Calibration Competency: Distinguish between 1 point, 2 point and full calibration. Initiate a manual calibration. Use STAT button to interrupt calibration. Review calibration data to ensure accurate patient results.

Quality Control Competency: Run Automatic QC. Run Manual QC. Evaluate QC results. Resolve QC errors.

Routine Procedures Competency: Replace consumable cartridges, sample port, printer paper, and air filter. Clean and disinfect touchscreen and exterior surfaces.

Instrument-specific Siemens Healthineers Academy courses can supplement one-to-one training or help to verify learning. They also provide a means of competency documentation for regulatory compliance. Organizations may use Siemens Healthineers Academy Admin courses to standardize training regimens to improve proficiency. Users can initiate and participate in training prior to a new instrument’s arrival and will have unlimited access to online courses on an on-going basis. If one or more of the courses above interest you, click below to:

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*Please note: PEPconnect has officially transitioned to Siemens Healthineers Academy, and PEPconnections, our annual workforce education management and administration subscription has been renamed to Siemens Healthineers Academy Admin. While the names have changed, your experience remains the same: all your data, login credentials, groups and education history are fully preserved.