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Alere ICU Product Brochure

Alere ICU Product Brochure
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New diagnostic technologies for rapid decision making in the ICU. Acute Kidney Injury Blood Gas, Electrolytes & Metabolites Healthcare-Associated Infections Community Acquired Pneumonia

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When life is in your hands, the right information at the right time can help you make the right decisions.

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Identify Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) now instead of days from now. Alere Triage® NGAL Test. A new bedside aid in diagnosis that improves assessment of AKI beyond creatinine alone. NGAL: An aid in diagnosis of AKI NGAL concentrations increase rapidly and markedly within hours of tubular injury, whereas creatinine does not rise until 24 to 72 hours after the initial renal insult.1 Clinical studies have shown that even when creatinine results are not elevated, NGAL can aid in the detection of patients with likely AKI who have increased risk of death or need for RRT.2 Early recognition of renal...

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Test Blood Gas, Electrolytes and epoc® Blood Analysis System. Lab quality, wireless results in ~ 35 seconds with full test menu on a single room temperature test card. Immediate access to critical results accelerates clinical decisions and therapeutic intervention • Reduce or eliminate sample transport, labeling errors, and hand-offs • Integrated barcode scanner reduces data entry errors • Automated, integrated calibration and quality checks • Significantly reduce test-to-decision time vs. traditional lab testing Store test cards at room temperature Base Excess, cS02, cHgb • Creatinine and...

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Rapidly detect infection and improve patient outcomes. Rapid, cost-effective, diagnostic options can help identify the cause of infection earlier, allowing timely treatment decisions. TECHLAB C. DIFF QUIK CHEK COMPLETE® Alere BinaxNOW® S. aureus The only device that simultaneously detects the GDH antigen and toxins A & B of C. difficile. Presumptive identification of S. aureus from blood culture samples positive for gram-positive cocci in clusters. Guidelines recommend GDH screening in combination with toxin testing to improve sensitivity5 99.8% NPV gives you confidence that negative...

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Ordering Information: Alere Triage® MeterPro Alere Triage NGAL Test epoc® Reader epoc Host Motorola epoc BGEM Test Card w/Lac TECHLAB C. DIFF QUIK CHEK COMPLETE® BinaxNOW Legionella Contact us today. References: 1 de Geus et al. Neutrophil Gelatinase-associated Lipocalin at ICU Admission Predicts for Acute Kidney Injury in Adult Patients. Am J Respir Crit Care Med Vol 183. 2011. DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200908-1214OC 4 Cruz, D et al. Plasma neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin is an early biomarker for acute kidney injury in an adult ICU population. Intensive Care Med doi:...

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