Table 4. Point-of-care benchtop and hand-held analyzers employed at different transition points and commercially available systems.

Application	Sample type	Detection principles	Transition point	Setting	Currently available commercial systems
Blood gas analysis	Arterial blood	Potentiometric/amperometric/ optic sensors	Stratification and monitoring	Inpatient	RAPIDPoint 500 Systems
Blood gas analysis with CO-oximetry	Arterial and venous blood	Potentiometric/amperometric/ optic sensors + multi-wavelength spectrophotometry	Stratification and monitoring	Inpatient	RAPIDPoint 500 Systems
Respiratory rate and heart rate	NA	Cardiac and respiratory motion capture	Monitoring	Inpatient	Hillrom Centrella Smart+ Bed
Lung and heart imaging	NA	Ultrasound	Monitoring	Inpatient	GE Healthcare