Using the Abbott i-STAT, healthcare professionals can manage patients with respiratory disease and COPD more effectively, whilst reducing expensive emergency admissions.

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Reduce emergency admissions

Admission avoidance is an ongoing, high level priority for PCTs the length and breadth of the country. And with diagnosis and patient management continuing to move closer to the patient, it’s important that key PCT audiences understand the diagnostic devices that are available to their staff and the financial and clinical benefits they can offer.

Reducing emergency admissions is not just about reducing costs. It’s also about providing better patient care, reducing anxiety for people with chronic conditions and making the lives of sufferers – and those around them – more manageable.

If you are interested in reading more about admission avoidance, you can download the articles below:

Axis-Shield Admission Avoidance Through Diagnostic Devices

Axis-Shield COPD Diagnostic Devices Could Save NHS Over £8.5 Million

To find out how introducing the i-STAT system into your PCT can help you avoid unnecessary admissions, please call us on 01480 862100 or email: COPD@axis-shielduk.com.

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“If it wasn’t for i-STAT® we couldn’t run this unit. It allows us to keep patients out of hospital and manage them better in the community.”

Julie Ricketts, Lead Nurse at Leatherhead Community Assessment Unit

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