Portable Lactate Meter

The StatStrip Lactate Hospital Meter System is a handheld point-of-care testing system that brings lactate testing directly to the patient’s bedside.

Lactate is currently measured on blood gas analyzers, which creates numerous problems for bedside testing. Blood gas analyzers require anaerobic arterial samples, large sample volumes (100-200 microliters), and long analysis times (up to 2.5 minutes).

In addition, blood gas analyzers are complex to operate, fixed in location, and expensive to purchase and use for serial lactate testing.

StatStrip Lactate provides the fastest turnaround time possible (13 seconds), on the smallest whole blood sample (0.6 microliters), and can be easily operated by medical and nursing staff. StatStrip Lactate is a very low-cost device that makes lactate testing practical and affordable in any size ED, ICU, or medical unit. It is fully connectable to a hospital's IT system through NovaNet.

Specifications

Docking Station:

Optional accessory; desk or wall mount charging station with RJ-45 Ethernet jack. 3 LED indicator lights showing connection status, transmit/receive data, and charging status. Extra battery slot included for recharging and storage of spare battery.

Additional Features:

Color touchscreen

Built-in barcode scanner

Traditional QC with target values assigned to QC materials

Numeric or pass/fail QC

QC prompting or QC lock out

Abnormal and critical ranges flagged by color highlighting

Canned or free text user comments

Rejecting of results at meter (optional) for repeat testing

Accepting patient ID or accession number

Use of operator password (lockout)

Entry of offline tests

Entry of ICD-9 Diagnosis codes