Each time a patient with heart failure is admitted to hospital as an emergency case, the associated financial impact is £2,242. And in 2003/4 the total cost of emergency admissions for heart failure reached £211 million, which was second only to COPD.

In comparison, the consumable cost of performing a BNP analysis on the i-STAT is around £25.00, and typical return on investment for an i-STAT system is less than six months.

Statistics show that those people most at risk of returning to hospital have commonly already had a recent stay as an in-patient. In fact, the number of people readmitted to hospital after discharge has increased by nearly a quarter in the last decade.

To find out how much your PCT can save by introducing the i-STAT system, please call us on 01480 862100 or email: CHF@axis-shielduk.com

References available on request