What is Blood Coagulation Analyzer?
Whole blood Coagulation analyzers (WBCAs) are widely used point-of-care (POC) testing devices found primarily in cardiothoracic surgical suites and cardia catheterization laboratories.
Most of these devices can perform a number of coagulation tests that provide information about a patient's blood clotting status. Clinicians use the results of the WBCA tests, which are available minutes after applying a blood sample, primarily to monitor the effectiveness of heparin therapy--an anticoagulation therapy used during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) surgery, angioplasty, hemodialysis, and other clinical procedures.
Coagulation analyzers provide measurement of blood platelet levels in a fast and simple process. A coagulation test could provide diagnostic prevention from potentially heart attack-inducing blood clots. A coagulation analyzer can be used to measure a coagulation pathway speed, as well as thrombolin and thromboplastin levels in as low as a few minutes. A coagulation analyzer is specifically designed to handle a large number of patients, permitting the storage up to 600 patient tests per well. To expedite assay completion and proper identifications, these microcoagulation systems employ cuvettes that are bar-coded, obviating the need to separately encode each test sample. With the sensitive nature of patient health information, a microcoagulation system comes with built-in quality control and security lockout protocols to ensure safe and secure use.
