Intelligent Quality Control (iQC) on the Piccolo Point-of-Care Chemistry Analyzer

Assessment of liver function tests on Piccolo Xpress point of care chemistry analyzer in a pediatric hospital

OBJECTIVES Point of care testing (POCT) contributes to diagnosis and monitoring with fast testing time and easily performed assays. We evaluated the Abaxis Piccolo Xpress point of care chemistry analyzer using the Liver Panel Plus discs for our pediatric patient population at Texas Children's Hospital. DESIGN AND METHODS Analytical performance was evaluated for precision and linearity using q...

Can We Apply the Control Material from Standard Clinical Chemistry Analyzer for Usage in the Point of Care Testing Analyzer?

Bodily fluid analysis of non-serum samples using point-of-care testing with iSTAT and Piccolo analyzers versus a fixed hospital chemistry analytical platform.

INTRODUCTION Forward deployed military medical units can provide sophisticated medical care with limited resources. Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) may facilitate care and expedite diagnosis. This study assessed the accuracy of results for POCT for non-serum samples (pleural, peritoneal, and cerebrospinal fluid) using iSTAT and Piccolo hand-held devices compared with results obtained using a hospi...

[Performance evaluation of the Piccolo xpress Point-of-care Chemistry Analyzer].

BACKGROUND Point-of-care (POC) tests are used increasingly due to fast results and simple test procedures, which enables rapid diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring. We evaluated the performance of the Piccolo xpress Chemistry Analyzer (Abaxis, USA) a POC chemistry analyzer. METHODS Fourteen analytes, Na(+), K(+), Cl(-), Ca(2+), total carbon dioxide, AST, ALT, total bilirubin, alkaline phospha...

Data from the analytical performance of the Abaxis Piccolo Xpress point of care analyzer in whole blood, serum, and plasma

The objective of this study was to examine the analytical performance of 14 comprehensive metabolic panel analytes on the Abaxis Piccolo Xpress® Point of Care analyzer in serum, plasma, and whole blood. A method comparison was performed on all three specimen types intended for use on the Piccolo Xpress®: serum, heparinized plasma, and whole blood. This data is also presented in Murata et al. (2...