RAPIDLab 348EX Blood Gas SystemDeliver reliable and economical critical care testing in low-volume settings

Get trusted results for critical analytes with ease, efficiency, and economy.

 

The RAPIDLab® 348EX Blood Gas System* is the cost-effective solution for smaller laboratories tasked with the challenge of performing fast-turnaround critical care tests. Fully-automated operation supports low-to-medium throughput on an easy-to-use analyzer that’s ready to generate accurate, on-demand results when clinicians need them, with a minimum of operator involvement.

  • Fast, accurate critical care results from whole blood and dialysate fluid
  • Easy-to-use design features a color touchscreen, bar-code scanner and front panel access to sensors, reagents, and waste
  • Proven Ready Sensor® technology for reliable, low maintenance operation
  • Automatic sample aspiration, calibration and washes increase workflow efficiency
  • Compact footprint fits easily in core laboratory and other testing locations
  • Advanced data management and connectivity with optional remote control and monitoring via the RAPIDComm® Data Management System

Fonctionnalités et avantages

The RAPIDLab 348EX analyzer combines proven Siemens blood gas technology with a range of next-generation system enhancements designed to streamline and simplify day-to-day operations and workflow.

  • Actionable patient test results are available in approximately 60 seconds
  • Small sample size (50 µL–95 µL) suitable for most patients
  • Analyze whole blood and dialysate fluid
  • Whole blood results: pH, pCO2, pO2 Na+, K+, Ca++/Cl-, and hematocrit
  • Dialysate results: pH, pCO2, Na+, K+, Ca++, HCO3-, and ctCO2
  • Test and report only those parameters ordered by the clinician
  • Bar-code reader, for patient/operator ID entry, can be mounted on either side and offers optional setting for continuous-on, single-handing scanning
  • Sample probe aspirates from syringes, capillaries, and QC ampules automatically, without the need for adapters
  • Automatic detection of short samples shifts analyzer into microsample mode, with no operator involvement required
  • Time-tested Ready Sensor® electrodes have a proven track record of performance and long use-life
  • Comprehensive QC materials help verify system performance
  • Automatic calibration routines and wash sequences minimize demands on operators time and attention
  • Intuitive, color, touch screen user interface features large, easy-to-read system icons that display analyzer status
  • One-touch icon selection of sampling mode - syringe, capillary, dialysis fluid, QC
  • Easy navigation to all routine functions from the Ready screen
  • Measurement chamber houses all sensors and is designed for easy access and replacement
  • All reagents are located on the front panel of the analyzer, enabling easy reagent replacement
  • Clear plastic bottles and blue-colored solutions allow at-a-glance checks of fill volumes
  • Minimal maintenance requirements further extend system uptime
  • Economically priced – low cost of acquisition
  • Low operating costs – cost of reagents/consumables will not vary significantly, even if throughput triples from five to 15 samples/day
  • Small footprint saves valuable bench space in smaller labs and point-of-care settings
  • Results can be viewed on-screen, output to the onboard printer, or electronically transmitted to LIS/HIS or RAPIDComm® Data Management System
  • Convenient onboard storage of up to 250 patient test records, and up to 90 results for each level of QC
  • Print calibration and QC summaries for inspection purposes including off-line generated Levey-Jennings reports to document QC performance
  • USB port simplifies data uploads/downloads

When analyzers in remote, decentralized settings are supported by the RAPIDComm Data Management System, point-of-care coordinators can oversee the entire testing process from a central location.

  • Configure, monitor, and control multiple networked RAPIDLab 348EX analyzers
  • Troubleshoot analyzers, standardize test protocols, authorize and certify operators, and enforce QC checks
  • Generate customized reports for accreditation inspections
  • Help ensure testing and regulatory compliance, and improve risk management
  • Connect multiple Siemens point-of-care analyzers – including blood gas, urine chemistry, and diabetes care systems -- through a single interface to the LIS/HIS

Tests

Measurable Parameters                       

alyte

Blood Gas

  

pH
pCO2
pO2

Electrolytes

 

Na+
K+
Ca++ or  Cl

Hematocrit

 

HCT

Calculated Parameters

O2SAT

O2CT

HCO3-act

HCO3-std

ctCO2

BEb

BEecf, pO2(A-a)         

pO2 (a/A)

pO2/FiO2

Ca++(7.4)

Anion Gap

Renal Dialysate

This mode permits measurement of Na+, K+, Ca++,  pCO2 and pH in bicarbonate-based or acetate-based renal dialysis fluids.

Spécifications techniques

System Overview

Sample Size

Syringe: 95 µL

Capillary: 95 µL

Microsample mode: 50 µL

Sample Type

Whole blood

Dialysate fluid

Analysis time

Approximately 60 seconds to result

Calibration

Automatic or on demand

Temperature:

10.0°C–43.9°C

Hemoglobin:

2.0–25.0 g/dL

FIO2

15.0%–100.0%

Patient/Operator IDs:                         

Up to 16 characters (alphanumeric)

Sample location:               

Radial, brachial, femoral, cord, arterial line (with RAPIDComm® Data Management System)

Display Interface

Intuitive, icon-based color touchscreen

Onboard Computer

Storage

Capacity/Memory

Up to 250 patient test records

Up to 90 results for each level of QC

Data Export

Via integrated USB port/flash drive to PC, or direct to LIS/HIS or RAPIDComm® Data Management System

Connectivity Options

Serial

RS232, LIS1, LIS2, LIS3 protocol

Bi-directional                      

Can be set up for monitoring/control and connectivity via the RAPIDComm Data Management System

Peripheral Interfaces

USB Port

Standard USB 2.0

External Barcode Reader

Standard USB 2.0

                                

Environmental

 

Temperature:

15ºC–32ºC

Humidity:

max. 85% at 32ºC non-condensing

Barometric Pressure

400-825 mmHg

Power Requirements

Rating:

80 VA

Voltage:

100–240 V

Frequency:

50/60 Hz

          

General

 

System Dimensions

Width:           
Depth:
Height: 
Weight :

385 mm (15.2 in.)
353 mm (13.9 in.)
382 mm (15.0 in.)
 9.4 kg (20.7 lb)

Approvals

UL, CSA, IEC, EN-61010, CE Marked with full CB Scheme and all National Deviations. Complies with the IVD directive