Point-Of-Care Chemistry Test (POCT) Effect on the Emergency Department (ED)

A Randomized Controlled Multi-center Trial of a Point-Of-Care Chemistry Test for Reduction of Turnaround and Clinical Decision Time in the Emergency Department

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00942955

Enrollment

Unknown

Registered

2009-07-21

Start date

2009-01-31

Completion date

2009-03-31

Last updated

2009-07-21

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Conditions

Emergency Department, Length of Stay, Turnaround-time

Brief summary

The hypothesis of this study is that POCT will shorten ED turn-around-time (TAT) such as blood drawing TAT, lab TAT, and decision TAT.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

15 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

* Patients older than 15 years * clinically required to have chemistry lab tests * agreement

Exclusion criteria

* no agreement * ESI level 1

Outcome results