epoc® Blood Analysis System

Improve outcomes and workflow while transforming care delivery across clinical pathways. The epoc® Blood Analysis System gives you lab-quality results here and now.

The epoc system is a handheld, wireless solution to enable comprehensive blood analysis testing at the patient’s side on a single room temperature test card, with results in less than a minute.

Streamline patient-testing workflow.
Accelerate clinical decision making.
Simplify inventory management.
Deliver real-time results and reporting.

Features & Benefits

Streamline patient-testing workflow.

By moving testing to the patient’s side, caregivers, patients, and hospital administration all benefit from a less-complex testing process that improves turnaround times, patient care, and operational efficiencies.

Accelerate clinical decision making.

Empower clinicians to make faster decisions with lab-quality results at the patient’s side, enhancing clinical decision making and improving patient outcomes.

Simplify inventory management.

By incorporating a full menu on a single, room temperature-stable test card bar-coded for quality assurance, the epoc system delivers a more efficient and easy-to-manage patient-side testing program.

Assays

Measured Parameters
Parameter	Unit of Measure	Measurement Range
pH	pH units	6.5–8.0
pCO₂	mmHg	5-250
	kPa	0.7-33.3
pO₂	mmHg	5–750
	kPa	0.7–100
TCO₂	mmol/L	5-50
	mEq/L
Na+	mmol/L	85–180
	mEq/L
K+	mmol/L	1.5–12.0
	mEq/L
Ca++	mmol/L	0.25–4.00
	mg/dL	1.0–16.0
	mEq/L	0.5–8.0
Cl-	mmol/L	65–140
	mEq/L
Hct	% PCV	10–75
	L/L	0.10–0.75
Glu	mmol/L	1.1–38.5
	mg/dL	20-700
	g/L	0.20-7.00
Lac	mmol/L	0.30–20.00
	mg/dL	2.7–180.2
	g/L	0.03–1.80
Crea	mg/dL	0.30–15.00
	μmol/L	27–1326
BUN	mg/dL	3-120
Urea	mmol/L	1.1-42.8
	mg/dL	7-257
	g/L	0.07-2.57

Calculated Parameters
Parameter	Unit of Measure	Measurement Range
cHgb	mmol/L	2.0-15.5
	g/dL	3.3-25
	g/L	33-250
cHCO₃–	mmol/L	1-85
	mEq/L
cTCO₂	mmol/L	1-85
	mEq/L
BE(ecf)	mmol/L	30 – +30
	mEq/L
BE(b)	mmol/L	-30 – +30
	mEq/L
cSO₂	%	0-100
GFRmdr*^†	mL/min/1.73m²	2–60 or >60
GFRmdr-a*^†	mL/min/1.73m²	2–60 or >60
GFRckd^‡	mL/min/1.73m²	1-225
GFRckd-a^‡	mL/min/1.73m²	1-225
GFRswz^§	mL/min/1.73m²	1-275
AGap	mmol/L	-14 – +95
	mEq/L
AGapK	mmol/L	-10 – +99
	mEq/L
BUN/Crea	mg/mg	0.2-400.0
Urea/Crea	mmol/mmol	0.8-1615.4
	mg/mg	0.4-856.8
A	mmHg	5-800
	kPa	0.67-106.64
A-a	mmHg	1-800
	kPa	0.13-106.64
a/A	%	0-100
	fraction	0-1

Institutions should establish and set their own normal range values.* Values >60 will be reported as >60 mL/min/1.73 m2.† IDMS-traceable MDRD type‡ CKD-EPI equation§ Bedside Schwartz equation

Technical Details

Sample Size
Sample volume	At least 92 μL

Analysis
Time to result	Less than 1 minute

Quality Control
	Eurotrol GAS-ISE Metabolite control; Eurotrol Hematocrit control

Test Card
Calibration	Automatically performed prior to every test
Storage	15–30°C
Shelf life	Up to 5 months

Integrated Barcode Scanner
	Patient ID and Operator ID; 1D and 2D bar-code format

Operating System
	MICROSOFT Windows Mobile 6.5 Classic

Communications
	Real Time Wireless, LIS/HIS via data management system,