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In the Emergency Department, accurate diagnosis in a minimum of time is critical to ensure the best patient outcomes. Every minute counts: you need to identify patients at high risk of a life-threatening condition and rapidly initiate appropriate treatment. At the same time, cost containment and optimized patient flow management are also essential. bioMérieux’s global solution of high quality and cost-effective diagnostic tests will help you safely, effectively and efficiently meet patient needs and contain costs in the Emergency Department.
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Here’s a story every Emergency Department (ED) clinician can relate to: An 85-year-old man is admitted to the Emergency Department with acute dyspnea. But what is the origin of the symptom? The pressure is on because understanding that means being able to give the right treatment, at the right time.
Efficient and fast patient triage is key in the ED environment.1 Effective triage algorithms like the one for the situation described above are needed for every, unique case. High-risk patients must be prioritized; safe discharge decisions must be made; overall testing must be reduced for patient comfort and cost-containment; infection transmission must be prevented ; and above all, appropriate treatment must be initiated as soon as possible. In the ED, you have a myriad of challenges – all of which ultimately rest on your ability to rapidly make the right decisions with the help of the right testing. bioMérieux sees your challenges as our challenges and we’re committed to being by your side with global solutions.
In the ED, accessing information one single minute sooner can increase the probability you’ll save a life. bioMérieux’s global solutions for the ED are designed to ensure rapid, accurate results:
Cost containment in the ED means patient-care funds can be prioritized. High-quality immunoassays ensure reduced testing and better-adapted treatment decisions for optimal patient care. bioMérieux brings you solutions:
Is your lab in control and confident delivering high quality on-demand results to the medical staff 24/7? Its unique test panel, flexibility and ease of use make the VIDAS® Emergency Diagnostics Solution of benchtop immunoanalyzers particularly adapted to ED requirements and usage. All key emergency tests can be performed on a single instrument, allowing you to manage the STAT samples apart from your routine activity. You ensure the fast turnaround time needed in complex ED clinical situations and the accuracy to give clinicians peace of mind in their decision-making. Besides the ED panel, the VIDAS® menu also includes hCG, Estradiol, markers of infectious diseases (e.g. HIV, hepatitis) and of C. difficile infection, and many other assays.
For a comprehensive solution for the sepsis management pathway, combine PCT biomarker detection on VIDAS® with bacterial detection using BacT/ALERT® 3D. You will be able to rapidly deliver clear and accurate information to physicians for early detection of bacterial sepsis, for better patient outcomes.
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The pressures on the Emergency Department are extremely high. Speed is of the essence, but so is accuracy – because an accurate diagnosis leads to appropriate, timely treatment. Inaccurate or uncertain diagnoses have repercussions beyond the individual patient: time spent on unnecessary tests, for example, means other patients are waiting. And the costs affect the whole system.
At bioMérieux, we are acutely aware of these challenges and the role that leading-edge diagnostics play in that context. That’s why we look at the whole picture and develop global solutions. We are a partner you can trust because our prime motivation is and always has been the same as yours: protecting and improving human health.
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