Open AccessImplementation of point-of-care blood gas testing at a large community hospital: Cost analysis, sepsis bundle compliance, and employee engagement
Author(s) -
Robert A. Chase,
Patricia A DeJuilio,
Jeffrey Huml,
Alex P Johnson,
Ryan M Kaminski
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
canadian journal of respiratory therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2368-6820
pISSN - 1205-9838
DOI - 10.29390/cjrt-2021-008
Subject(s) - point of care testing , medicine , protocol (science) , point of care , emergency medicine , sepsis , context (archaeology) , septic shock , medical emergency , intensive care medicine , surgery , nursing , paleontology , alternative medicine , pathology , immunology , biology
Point-of-care testing (POCT) platforms support patient-centered approaches to health care delivery and may improve patient care. We evaluated implementation of a POCT platform at a large, acute care hospital in the Midwestern United States.