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Collaborators:
Mads Nybo, MD, PhD
Charlotte Gils, MD
Giles et al. Clin Chem Lab Med (2019)
(doi: 10.1515/cclm-2019-0881.)
Dr. Charlotte Gils
Odense University Hospital
Pneumatic tube systems (PTS) are widely used in hospitals for rapid blood sample transportation. However, PTS can affect sample integrity, and need to be validated to ensure samples arrive safely. Drs. Mads Nybo and Charlotte Gils at Odense University Hospital (OUH) needed to validate a single-tube PTS — something that can typically only be done with blood vials.
Drs. Nybo and Gils settled on VitalQC as it offered a solution with less blood. Because VitalVials have the same size and shape of blood tubes, they are uniquely suited to be transported by single-tube pneumatic systems.
Because of the link between vibration, measured by the VitalVials, and hemolysis seen in samples, OUH tested their PTS with much less blood. They confirmed that their system, as installed, was safe to transport samples to the lab.
VitalQC connected an increase in hemolysis with increasing transport speed in OUH’s system. OUH reduced the speed coming from one department by 1.2 m/s, which reduced hemolysis rejection from 16.4% to 12.9%. Based on previous studies, this change should have reduced sample rejection costs by 20,400 Euro per 10,000 tubes.
With 1,038 beds, Odense University Hospital is the largest hospital in Southern Denmark and one of four University Hospitals in Denmark. Every day, 6,000 samples are sent from departments to the laboratory.
OUH is planning a major new build, scheduled to open in 2022.
Based on VitalQC, OUH reduced the speed coming from one department by
This speed reduction reduced hemolysis rejection from
This change should save the laboratory
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