The Roche MICROSAMPLER PROTECT makes arterial blood gas (ABG) sampling safer, quicker and less painful for patients. Using an exceptionally narrow needle, MICROSAMPLER PROTECT helps to minimise discomfort and improve the patient experience in the collection of ABG samples.
Compliant with the new EU Health and Safety Regulations 2013 (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare), the design of MICROSAMPLER PROTECT also protects healthcare staff from needlestick injury, and has been the ABG sampler of choice for the past 15 years at the Lane Fox Respiratory Unit at St Thomas’ Hospital, London, one of the UK’s leading respiratory departments.
The 14-bed purpose-built Lane Fox Respiratory Unit is a national referral centre, caring for patients with chronic respiratory failure. It provides specialist in-patient care, including invasive and non-invasive ventilation as well as supporting over 1200 patients in the use of non-invasive ventilation at home. Dr Nicholas Hart, clinical and academic director for the unit, explained: “High-quality arterial blood gas analysis data are essential to determine patient management and optimised care. The initiation and modification of invasive and non-invasive ventilation is based on these data.”
Arterial blood gas sampling is a notoriously uncomfortable and often painful procedure for patients. MICROSAMPLER PROTECT helps to improve the collection of these vital blood samples, making it a less traumatic experience for the patient.
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