Siemens RAPIDPoint 500e Blood Gas Analyzer

Siemens RAPIDPoint 500e System

Advance your critical care testing with easy-to-use, trusted technology

Designed to meet the challenges of point-of-care settings, RAPIDPoint® 500e Blood Gas Systems leverage proven Siemens technology to deliver fast, accurate and comprehensive test results in approximately 60 seconds. These flexible, easy-to-use analyzers help free your clinicians to focus on improved patient care without reliability or maintenance worries.

• Test blood gas, electrolytes, glucose, lactate and full CO-oximetry including neonatal total bilirubin (nBili) and total hemoglobin (tHb) 
• Multiple sample types including whole blood (arterial and venous), pleural fluid and dialysate* 
• Intuitive touch-screen interface and integrated bar-code reader—just scan, insert, and analyze with results in approximately 60 seconds 
• Bio-safe hands-free automatic sampling with clot detection and clot management 
• Maintenance-free, cartridge-based system incorporates automatic QC to help assure quality 
• Connectivity to LIS/HIS link with optional remote monitoring and control via the RAPIDComm® Data Management System

Features & Benefits

The solution offers:

• Full test menu results from a single sample in approximately 60 seconds
• Easy-to-use, maintenance-free cartridge-based system is ideal for non-laboratory personnel
• Proven technologies and design features help to maximize analyzer uptime and simplify compliance
• Speed and flexibility to increase productivity without increasing staff workload
• Seamless LIS/HIS integration with optional connectivity to the RAPIDComm® Data Management System

Critical care values in approximately one minute

RAPIDPoint 500 System parameters

• Blood gas (pH, pCO2, pO2)
• Electrolytes (Na+, K+, Ca++, Cl-)
• Metabolites (Glucose, Lactate)
• CO-oximetry (tHb, HHb, O2Hb, sO2, COHb, MetHb) and neonatal total bilirubin
• Full test menu from a single sample
• Pleural fluid pH

In addition to measured and calculated parameters, the RAPIDPoint 500e system can be optionally set up to record key ventilator settings to help enhance clinical decision making:

• Flow
• Respiratory Rate
• Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
• Positive End Expiratory Pressure
• Peak Inspiratory Pressure
• Tidal Volume
• Allen Test

Three easy steps to lab-quality results

• Scan, insert, and analyze—with test results in approximately 60 seconds
• Adjustable, color touch screen supports intuitive, menu-prompted operation and includes customizable demographic fields with multibyte character recognition
• On-board video tutorials simplify training and day-to-day use
• Built-in bar-code scanner supports faster and easier sample processing
• Port design automates sample aspiration making hands-free testing process bio-safe and independent of operator technique
• Fully automated calibration and quality control systems help ensure accuracy and support compliance without operator interaction

Reliable, maintenance-free operation

• Sample port designed to minimize bubbles and detect and clear clots
• Self-cleaning probe helps maintain sample integrity
• A single cartridge delivers all required reagents to support a full complement of tests for interruption-free operation
• Planar sensor technology helps ensure industry-proven accuracy and reliability
• Whole blood, slide cell technology for Co-oximetry including tHb and nBili has been proven since 2003; no hemolytic agents to interfere with sample or increase maintenance requirements
• On-board, 28-day AQC cartridge requires no operator intervention
• No routine maintenance

Speed and flexibility needed at the point of care

• Single sample port accepts syringe or capillary samples without adapters
• Built-in scanner makes it faster and easier for operators to scan 1- and 2-dimensional bar codes
• Test full menu from a single sample or customize panels to meet specific needs
• Set user privileges based on operator needs for testing, administration, and reporting
• Approximately 60 seconds to result; fast turnaround time delivered from a compact system

Easy data management and system control

• Supports wireless roaming
• Seamless integration to LIS/HIS systems
• On-board bar-code scanner helps ensure data integrity
• Dual port LIS transmission and USB ports simplify data back-ups
• Advanced control and connectivity via RAPIDComm Data Management System.

From a single RAPIDComm workstation, remotely:

• Configure, monitor, and control networked POC analyzers
• Manage patient samples and central interface to hospital system
• Centralize operator management and QC processes and documentation

Premium quality blood gas analyzers provide consistent, reliable results and streamline laboratory workflow. Designed to meet the challenges of point-of-care settings, the RAPIDPoint® 500e Blood Gas Systems leverages proven Siemens technology to deliver fast, accurate and comprehensive test results from a single whole-blood sample in approximately 60 seconds.

This flexible, easy-to-use analyzer measures pH, blood gases, electrolytes, glucose, lactate and provides accurate and fast results for full CO-oximetry, including neonatal total bilirubin and total hemoglobin. It can test a full menu from a single sample or customize panels to meet specific needs. Its measurement cartridges last up to 28 days and contain a full complement of tests, thereby reducing downtime.

Equipped with fully automated calibration and quality control (QC), this reliable RAPIDPoint® 500e blood gas system is designed to help POC professionals satisfy organizational and regulatory compliance requirements. Reliable and with no maintenance worries, the device allows clinicians to focus on making critical decisions that impact patient lives.

Features

• On-board, 28-day AQC cartridge requires no operator intervention
• Planar sensor technology helps ensure industry-proven accuracy and reliability
• Self-cleaning probe promotes sample integrity
• Onboard barcode scanner helps ensure data integrity
• Seamless integration to LIS/HIS systems
• Maintenance-free POC testing instrument

The analyzer's sample port is designed to minimize bubbles and detect and clear clots. Its built-in scanner makes it faster and easier for operators to scan 1- and 2-dimensional bar codes. Port design automates sample aspiration, making the hands-free testing process bio-safe and independent of operator technique.

Like other Siemens point of care analyzers, this system can also be integrated with the Siemens RAPIDComm® Data Management System, offering centralized management of multiple Siemens blood gas and urine and diabetes analyzers and operators.