Effect of Implementation of a Whole Blood Point-of-Care Device on After-Hours Call Backs at a Rural Hospital
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Methods Introduction Many small hospitals, especially in rural areas do not have resources to maintain 24 hour on site laboratory staff. This situation is often handled through after hours "callbacks" of laboratory technicians. However this may be associated with significantly increased manpower costs. In an attempt to manage these costs in a small rural hospital, we instituted a point of care device (i-STAT, Abbott Laboratories. Abbott Park, IL USA) to measure commonly ordered analytes. The institution of the i-STAT reduced after hours technologist call backs by a third and is expected to resulted in net cost savings for his small laboratory of approximately $55,500 CDN per year. Conclusion Summary
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