Feasibility of large-scale cholesterol screening: experience with a portable capillary-blood testing device. | Zendy

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Feasibility of large-scale cholesterol screening: experience with a portable capillary-blood testing device.

Author(s) -

Philip Greenland,

Jeffrey C. Levenkron,

M G Radley,

Judith Gedney Baggs,

Ralph A Manchester,

N L Bowley

Publication year - 1987

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.77.1.73

Subject(s) - desk , medicine , blood cholesterol , blood testing , medical screening , emergency medicine , cholesterol , engineering , mechanical engineering

We conducted a voluntary cholesterol screening in a medical/occupational setting using the Eastman Kodak Ektachem (desk top) blood analyzer. In 10 hours, five technicians performed a finger-stick puncture on 1,081 screenees, 17.7 per cent of whom were classified as moderate-to-high risk. The cost per screenee was under $3; cost per moderate-to-high risk case was under $16. Turn-around time from check-in to report of result was under one hour. This project suggests the feasibility and acceptability of large-scale cholesterol blood screening.

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