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. 2014 Apr 4;2(1):cou011. doi: 10.1093/conphys/cou011

Table 1:

List of most common point-of-care devices used in studies analysed (note that not all data are available due to products being discontinued)

Device Company Parameters tested Additional cartridges/strips Type of blood required Amount of blood required (μl) Battery required Range (mmol/l unless otherwise stated) Dimensions (length × width × height; mm) Weight (g) Current validations Temperature range (°C) Humidity range (relative humidity unless stated)
Accu-chek Advantage Roche Diagnostics/Boehringer Mannheim Glucose Yes; Accu-chuk strips Whole 0.6 One 3 V lithium battery 0.6–33.3 84 × 53 × 21 60 No 10–40 10–90%
IQ Prestige Home Diagnostics Inc. Glucose Yes; Prestige IQ strips Whole 4 One AAA 1.5 V alkaline battery 1.4–33.3 70 × 102 × 20 102 Burdick et al. (2012), mammal 15–37 Any non-condensing atmosphere
Ascensia Elite Bayer Corporation Glucose Yes; Ascensia Elite Test strips Whole 2 One 3 V lithium battery 1.1–33.3 81 × 51 × 14 50 No 10–40 20–80%
ExacTech Abbott Point of Care Glucose Yes; ExacTech strips Whole 10 Not available Not available 93 × 55 × 10 43 No Not available Not available
Freestyle Freedom Lite Abbott Point of Care Glucose Yes; Freestyle Freedom Lite strips Whole 0.3 One 3 V lithium battery 1.1–27.9 8.38 × 5.08 × 1.3 42.35 Wells and Pankhurst (1999), fish 4–40 5–90% non-condensing
Glucometer Elite Bayer Corporation Glucose Yes; Glucometer Elite strips Whole 2 Two 3 V lithium batteries 1.1–33.3 97.8 × 56 × 14.5 60 No 10–40 20–80%
Sure Step Life Scan/Johnson and Johnson Glucose Yes; Sure Step strips Whole 5 Three AA 1.5 V alkaline batteries 0–500 mg/dl 89 × 61 × 20 107.7 Lieske et al. (2002), birds 10–35 10–90%
One Touch Ultra Life Scan/Johnson and Johnson Glucose Yes; One Touch Ultra strips Whole 1 One 3 V lithium battery 1.1–33.3 79 × 57 × 23 42 No 6–44 10–90%
Precision QID Medisense Glucose Yes; MicroFlo Plus strips Whole 3.5 Non-replaceable 1.1–33.3 97 × 48 × 15 39 No 4–30 Not available
Accusport Analyser Boehringer Mannheim Lactate Yes; Lactate Test strips Whole 10–20 Three 1.5 V AAA batteries 0.8–22 115 × 62 × 18.5 100 Wells and Pankhurst (1999), fish 5–35 10–90%
Accutrend Roche Diagnostics Lactate Yes; Lactate Test strips Whole 20–25 Three 1.5 V AAA batteries 0.8–22 115 × 62 × 18.5 100 No 5–35 10–90%
Lactate Pro Arkray KDK Lactate Yes; Lactate Pro Strips Whole 5 Two 3 V lithium batteries 0.8–23.3 83.8 × 55 × 14.5 50 No 10–40 20–80%
HemoCue Hemocue 201+ Haemoglobin Yes; meseauring cuvette Non-specific Non-specific Four AA batteries 0–256 g/l 160 × 85 × 43 350 Clark et al. (2008) Not available Not available
BMS Hemoglo-binometer BMS Haemoglobin Yes Non-specific Non specific Two size ‘C’ batteries 4–20 g/dl 170 × 70 × 40 Not available Iwama et al. (1995) 10–40 Not available
IQ128 Elite IQ Scientific Instruments Inc. pH No Non-specific Non-specific Two 3 V lithium batteries pH 2–12 152.4 × 78.57 × 16.38 450 Brown et al. (2008), fish 5–40 Not available
WTW pH Meter pH330 Hoskin Scientific Ltd pH No Non-specific Non-specific Four AA batteries −2.00 to 19.99 pH units 172 × 80 × 37 300 No −5 to 105 Not available
SevenGo Pro Mettler Toledo pH and ion No Non-specific Non-specific Four AA batteries −2.00 to 19.99 pH units 220 × 90 × 45 325 No 0–40 0–85%
IRMA True Point International Technidyne Corporation Various; lactate, glucose, pH, variety of ions Yes; various cartridges depending on parameters to be tested Whole blood or plasma 125–500 One 7.2 V battery Various ranges depending on parameters 292.1 × 211.3 × 127 2381 No 12–30 0–80% non-condensing
i-STAT Abbott Point of Care Various; lactate, glucose, pH, variety of ions Yes; various cartridges depending on parameters to be tested Non-specific Non-specific Two 9 V lithium batteries Various ranges depending on parameters 209 × 64 × 52 520 No 16–30 0–90%
Ames Mini-lab Miles Canada Inc. Various Not available Not available Not available Not available Not available Not available Not available Iwama et al. (1995) Not available Not available