Benefits of Cardiac STATus®

Leading Emergency Department (ED) physicians and nurses use the Cardiac STATus test in every instance of chest pain. It assists the ED staff to rule in or out MI and ASC in 15 minutes or less. Compared with the typical STAT lab turnaround time of about 1 hour, the quick and accurate result gives physicians more confidence in making the right diagnosis and, therefore, selecting the most appropriate treatment.

No decapping means less hassle and it is environmentally safe. No refrigeration means the tests are always ready to use. Cardiac STATus can be stored at room temperature for up to one year.

Lab technicians and Point of Care coordinators have confidence that Cardiac STATus provides lab-correlated results in accordance with ACC, AHA and ESC guidelines*. Because Cardiac STATus provides a simplified process, it is easy to use by non-laboratory technicians and easy to interpret qualitative results. Furthermore Nanogen's Rapid Testing quality management is ISO 13485: 2003 certified, which gives the lab confidence that the Point of Care regulations associated with their CLIA license are 100% satisfied.

Nanogen also offers the i-Lynx™ data capture device that connects directly to the lab's LIS and is POCT-1A compliant. The option of electronically capturing test results eliminates the manual process of inputting data, provides better quality control, and gives an electronic record of results.

Hospital and urgent care facility management have the opportunity to look differently at their business. Establishing a chest pain diagnosis at the point of care provides bottom line benefits. Nanogen has developed proven financial models that demonstrate how rapid test results in the ED help the hospital assign the right bed at the right time. Rapid bed assignment improves patient treatment. Wait times are shorter and treatment is decided on more quickly resulting in shorter hospital stays. Cardiac STATus is one tool that can help provide better care and cost savings.

* American College of Cardiology
http://www.acc.org

American Heart Association
http://www.americanheart.org

European Society of Cardiology
http://www.escardio.org

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