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South London and Maudsley NHS Trust

“The HemoScreen has been a transformative addition to our clinical practice at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.

It has greatly enhanced our ability to initiate new patients on clozapine efficiently and with greater ease, ultimately improving patient care. We have been using the analyzer for over a year and it has quickly become an essential tool in our patient management strategy, allowing us to perform full blood counts (FBC) using either a finger-stick or a venous sample.

This flexibility enables us to offer patients a choice, accommodating their preferences and making the initiation of clozapine therapy more comfortable. The finger-stick method has been particularly beneficial, reducing the invasiveness of the process and enhancing patient experience. With its user-friendly design, rapid results, and ability to test using either a finger-stick or venous sample, we found HemoScreen to enhance patient comfort and support quicker initiation of clozapine therapy, leading to a reduction in hospital stays and an overall improvement in patient quality of life.”

University of New Mexico School of Medicine

“We found the PixCell hematology analyzer simple to operate, extremely portable and reliable. Our non-technical staff quickly and easily learned how to perform the testing.

The small size of the machine and ability to test either finger stick capillary blood or drops of blood from collection tubes allowed us to use this machine in a variety of settings.

I appreciated the use of image analysis to accurately deliver complete blood counts with 5 part differential testing in just a few minutes. This versatile analyzer will be extremely helpful in providing accurate and reliable CBC with differential results in settings (i.e outpatient, clinic, bedside) where immediate feedback plays a significant role in patient outcomes.

This includes, in part, pediatric and adult patients with de novo acute leukemia, marked neutropenia, or red blood cell and platelet disorders that result in significant and life threatening bleeding”

Changing Cancer Care

In May 2020, PixCell Medical collaborated with Interreg Germany-Denmark’s Changing Cancer Care (CCC) initiative, to enable home-based blood testing to support treatment of cancer patients in homecare settings. The goal? Limiting immunocompromised patients’ exposure to contagion in a hospital.

Cancer patients in Denmark have been trained to use the HemoScreen to perform the 5-part Complete Blood Count (CBC) test required to manage their treatments and support clinical decision-making. Within just 5 minutes and with one finger prick of blood, HemoScreen provides results for 20 standard CBC parameters. Using HemoScreen, patients can safely and routinely test their blood levels at home, without having to waste time and precious energy in oncology wards.

“I find it really exciting [to be able to take my own blood sample at home] and I like to take the time to study the blood samples to see how they may have changed from before,” said Lene Bergo, a breast cancer patient who uses PixCell’s HemoScreen to take her own blood samples. “Taking a blood sample by yourself is easy!”

Watch this video to learn more about this partnership and the impact it has on the lives of cancer patients in Denmark.

Disclaimer: The HemoScreen is not approved for home-use. This clinical trial collaboration is being performed under local ethical approval.

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust

“The implementation of HemoScreen has entirely transformed how we conduct tests at our Clozapine clinic.

It’s really simple to use, portable and offers results from a very small drop of finger-stick blood which allows us to transport it between clinics and provide tests in any environment — a game-changer for our workflow.

But perhaps the greatest advantage is also the simplest— our patients’ overwhelming approval of the finger-stick test. It’s less intimidating than traditional methods, making the testing experience more comfortable for them. We’ve been teasing this option for years, but finally being able to deliver it brings us immeasurable joy.

HemoScreen has truly transformed our approach to patient care, and we couldn’t be happier with the outcomes.”

Pitcairn Health Centre

“The HemoScreen has made life here in our Health Centre more reassuring and able to present results that we need in a right now moment, so we know what path to take in the treatment and care for our patients.

I’m not a trained laboratory personnel but it is so easy to use, the guidelines provided are clear and very easy to follow. I would recommend this excellent piece of equipment to any facility that’s isolated and needs point-of-care results instantly.”

Uppsala University Hospital (UUH), Uppsala, Sweden

“Overcrowding and prolonged wait times have been linked to adverse clinical outcomes and decreased patient satisfaction.

While no one factor can be identified as the root cause of this issue, decrease in delays between sample collection and test results can provide health care professionals with the opportunity to arrive at faster care management decisions, resulting in increased patient throughput and decreasing average wait times.

We have thoroughly evaluated the HemoScreen performance and usability in different settings and found it extremely easy-to-use and highly accurate thus a perfect fit for urgent care settings and primary care.

University of Maryland School of Medicine

“The HemoScreen may solve a truly unmet need at the oncology clinic by providing CBC results immediately for patients enlisted for chemotherapy.
Current solutions do not provide results which are consistent with core lab results e.g. 3-part differential which is problematic for physicians”

University Hospital in Linköping, Sweden

“Advanced technologies are available today that allow performing tests that traditionally were only performed in labs by complex instruments.
Near patient, testing provides timely results that can be acted upon immediately. With near-patient analyzes, one has the opportunity to reduce TAT, which in turn can lead to faster decision-making regarding enrollment/discharge, early diagnosis, smaller tests and shorter stay time.
Time to results with PixCell HemoScreen was on average shorter by 20 minutes vs clinical lab. The price per test in the lab is lower for routine analysis but HemoScreen test is less expensive when emergency testing is required. The results indicate that using the new near-patient instrument could positively affect the overload on the emergency rooms.
Based on the results, it can be concluded that PixCell HemoScreen generates equivalent results compared to a clinical laboratory device. The instrument was also easy to use with the accessories. Based on the current cost and time saving, it would be cost-effective to use the instrument at emergency clinics”

North Zealand Hospital, Hillerød, Denmark

“The CBC analysis performed by large hematology instruments in a centralized laboratory is a screening test. However, despite extensive automation, the centralized laboratories have some inherent challenges (e.g. sample logistics, waiting time on the automated track etc) that makes it difficult to achieve turn-around times (TATs) from requisition/arrival of the patient at the ward to final result in less than 1-2 hrs. A way of overcoming these challenges and achieving TAT<10 min is to decentralized the CBC analyses using Point-of-care (POC) hematology devices to screen WBC, platelet counts, and hemoglobin. These POC instruments could also be excellent candidates for home monitoring of patients obviating the need to travel over long distances to the hospital as they are safe, user-friendly, and portable. The HemoScreen instrument provides CBC test with a quality that both fulfil the clinical needs and has a short turnaround time. The robust analytical method with single-use cartridge and easy operation makes the HemoScreen a good choice for smaller outpatient clinics and also potentially will suit for home monitoring.
The HemoScreen gives opportunities for use, both in decision-making in relation to general out-patient chemotherapy administration, but also in the out-patient handling of leukemia patients with chemotherapy-induced pancytopenia. Within a few minutes after blood sampling, important decisions can be taken regarding the need for platelet and red blood cell transfusion, but also then to initiate and stop antibiotic prophylaxis depending on the ANC.

Out-patients with acute leukemia have numerous visits to the clinic during their treatment, which includes several courses of chemotherapy, leading to deep and prolong pancytopenia over a total period of 4 to 6 months. The use of HemoScreen in this setting will therefore have a considerable impact on reducing the total time spent in hospitals on a day-to-day basis for patients undergoing treatment for acute leukemia. Furthermore, fast decision making in smaller (isolated) units have become very important during the COVID19 epidemic”