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Roundtable presenters Nick Fingland, PhD, PMP, Senior Director, R&D Operations and Science, BD, and Chris Farnsworth, PhD, D(ABCC), Section Head of Clinical Chemistry, Professor of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine.
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Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
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Siemens Healthineers
| Company | Siemens Healthineers |
|---|---|
| Instrument name | BFT II Analyzer |
| Contact | Laura Oversmith |
| City State | Tarrytown, NY |
| Phone | 914-631-8000 |
| Website | |
| First year sold | 1999 |
| List price/Model type | $8, 500/benchtop |
| Dimensions (H × W × D)/Weight/Instrument footprint | 3.9 × 7.9 × 11.8 in./8.4 lbs./0.65 sq. ft. |
| No. of units in clinical use in U.S./Outside U.S. | —/— (worldwide) |
| Composition of installs: Hospital lab/Reference lab/Other | — |
| Targeted daily, monthly, annual test volume | daily: 1 |
| Operational type | batch |
| Country where analyzer designed/Manufactured | Germany/Germany |
| Company manufactures instrument | yes |
| FDA-approved clotting-based tests | PT, APTT, fibrinogen |
| FDA-approved chromogenic tests | — |
| FDA-approved immunologic tests | — |
| Other FDA-approved tests | — |
| User-defined tests in clinical use | — |
| Tests in development or awaiting FDA 510(k) clearance | — |
| Methodologies supported | clot detection, mechanical and optical |
| Number of different measured assays onboard simultaneously | 1 |
| Number of different assays programmed and calib. at one time | 3 |
| No. of user-definable (open) channels/No. active simultaneously | — |
| Factor assays require manual manipulation or dilutions | — |
| Test throughput per hour/Assay run time | —/5 min. |
| Design of sample-handling system | manual |
| Operates on whole blood or spun plasma | spun plasma |
| Reagent type | self-contained single-use vials; open reagent system (liquid, lyophilized [reconstituted manually]) |
| Reagent barcode-reading capability | no |
| No. of reagent containers held onboard/Reagents ready to use | 4/yes |
| Reagent lot tracking/Reagent inventory/Reagents refrigerated onboard | no/no/no |
| Reagents, consumables loaded without interrupting testing | yes (reagents and consumables) |
| Instrument uses proprietary or third-party reagents | proprietary reagents, third-party reagents, user’s option |
| Maximum time same lot number of reagents can be used | 1 year |
| Walkaway capability/Walkaway duration | no/— |
| Min.–max. specimen volume that can be aspirated at one time | — |
| Min. sample volume required for PT/PTT/Factor VIII activity | 50 µL/50 µL/— |
| Types of disposables used | cuvettes |
| Primary tube sampling supported/Pierces caps on primary tubes | no/no |
| Accommodates most standard tube sizes/Nonstandard sizes | no/no |
| Sample barcode-reading capability/Autodiscrimination | no/— |
| Auto tracks product volume/Measures number of tests remaining | no/no |
| Short sample detection | no |
| Clot detection as preanalytical variable in plasma sample | no |
| Auto detects adequate reagents for aspiration or analysis | no |
| Detection or quantitation for hemolysis, turbidity, icterus, lipemia | no |
| Dilutes patient samples onboard | no |
| Automatic rerun capability/Auto reflex testing capability | no/no |
| Lag time during which hypercoagulable sample not detected | no |
| User can adjust reagent volumes/Sample volumes | yes/yes |
| User can adjust No. of reagents/Sources of reagents | yes/yes |
| User can adjust incubation times/Reading times | yes/yes |
| Autocalibration/Calibrants stored onboard | no/yes |
| Multipoint calibration supported/Recommended frequency | yes/6 months, per regulatory guidelines |
| • PT alone | 1 minute/1 specimen |
| • PT, PTT | — |
| • Fibrinogen | 1 minute/1 specimen |
| • Factor VIII activity assay | — |
| • D-dimer | — |
| Time delay from ordering stat to aspiration of sample | — |
| How labs get LOINC codes for results | website |
| Onboard real-time QC/Onboard software capability to review QC | no/no |
| Information that can be barcode-scanned on instrument | — |
| Compatible with laboratory automation systems | no |
| Data-management capability/LIS or EHR systems interfaced | no/no |
| Interface supplied by instrument vendor | no |
| Results transferred to LIS as soon as test time complete | no |
| Bidirectional interface capability | no |
| Remote servicing provided/UPS backup power supply | no/no |
| Instrument connections to transfer information | commercial middleware (most major companies) |
| Interface standards supported | — |
| Information transferred to data-management software | — |
| Avg. time for basic user training | Siemens PEPconnect online |
| Approximate scheduled maintenance time | daily: 1 minute |
| Maintenance records kept onboard | no |
| Warranty with purchase/Annual service contract cost (24/7) | yes/— |
| Distinguishing features (supplied by company) | 2-channel micro reagent volume clot-based technology; opto-mechanical detection accurate on lipemic, icteric samples; automatic INR calculation, curve storage, built-in thermal printer; effective for low-volume testing, backup to larger systems |