Near-patient testing of blood cell counts using HemoScreen™ point of care instrument in a primary care setting

• Near-patient testing eliminates times for transportation and processing of samples thus reducing test turnaround times. Complete blood counts (CBC) are often requested in primary care. The aim of the present study was to evaluate if the HemoScreen™ instrument could be used in a primary care setting. We compared CBC results from 160 primary care samples measured with both the Sysmex XN and the HemoScreen™ instruments. When HemoScreen™ were used by primary care staff the Deming correlations were WBCHemoScreen™ = 0.970* WBCSysmex - 0.087; r = 0.983, RBCHemoScreen™ = 0.955* RBCSysmex + 0.112; r = 0.97, PLTHemoScreen™ = 1.025* PLTSysmex + -4.860; r = 0.983, HemoglobinHemoScreen™ = 1.010* HemoglobinSysmex -3.246; r = 0.963, HematocritHemoScreen™ = 0.999* HematocritSysmex -0.0171; r = 0.950, MCHHemoScreen™ = 0.864* MCHSysmex + 4.241; r = 0.921, MCVHemoScreen™ = 0.890* MCVSysmex + 7.778; r = 0.927. The HemoScreen™ instrument provided rapid and accurate test results for CBC parameters in a primary care setting. 

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MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Klinisk laboratoriemedicin (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Clinical Laboratory Medicine (hsv//eng)

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