Woodley The Edge User manual

TheEdge™HandheldLactate
Analyser
RachelHiltonDipAVN(Medical)RVN

TheEdge™LactateAnalyser
•Portable
•Minimalsamplevolume
•Rapidresults
•Largedatastorage
•Easyresultrecall

Lactate
•Byproductofanaerobicglycolysis
•Liverclearslactatebyconvertingeitherbackto
glucoseoroxidisingintoCO²andwater
•Accurateindicatoroftissue
perfusion
‐ResponsetoIVFT
‐Circulation
•Exercisemonitoring

Lactate
•Shock
•Hypovolaemia
•Circulatoryproblems
•Trauma
•Tissuehypoxia

TheEdge™LactateAnalyser
•MeasuringRange0.7‐22.2mmol/l
•3µlwholeblood‐capillary,EDTAorheparin
•45secondstoresult
•Stores300resultsinmemory
•1000resultbatterylife

Runningasample
•Insertcodechip– ensurecode
chipmatchesup
•Pressanybuttontoturnon
themeter
•Removestripfrombottleand
re‐capimmediately

Runningasample
•Insertteststrip‐Blanksidestrip
facingdownandindentonleft
•Applysingledropofsample tothe
‘reactionzone’.
•Resultdisplayedafter45seconds

Lactate
•Normalvalue <2.5mmol/L
•Mildincrease 3–5mmol/L
•Moderateincrease 5–10mmol/L
•Severeincrease>10mmol/L

Memoryrecall
•Pressshiftandenterkeyssimultaneously
•Whenflashespressentertoviewlastresult
•Pressshifttoscrollthroughresults
•Pressenterandshifttogethertoexitmemory
•Pressbothagaintoexitthemenu

TheEdge™LactateAnalyserKit
‐Edge™Analyser
‐Battery
‐Monitorchecker
‐Strips
‐Storagepouch
‐LaminatedQuickGuide
‐Userguide
‐Lancetdevice

QualityControl
•SpecificLactateanalyserQCMaterialavailable
‐Checkanalyserperformance
‐Checkstripsineventofincorrectstorage
‐Unexpectedresults
‐QualityControlrecords
•QCwillbesenttoeachpracticeonAnnualbasis

TechnicalSupport
•5AccountManagersprovidefirstlinetechnical
support
•Dedicatedtechnicalsupportdepartmentfor
[e-mail]
•InhouseBiomedicalScientists
•FullyequippedServiceDeptwithQualified
EngineersandServiceCoordinator

Thankyouforlistening
AnyQuestions?