Table 1.

Point Of Care Tests (POCT) done and investigations available on blood gas analysers

POCTs	Total (n = 139)	ED (n = 72)	PAU (n = 28)	UCC (n = 5)	Inpatient ward (n = 34)
Blood sugar	137/139 (98.6%)	72/72 (100%)	27/28 (96.4%)	5/5 (100%)	33/34 (97.1%)
Urinalysis	134/139 (96.4%)	70/72 (97.2%)	27/28 (96.4%)	5/5 (100%)	32/34 (94.1%)
Blood gas analysis	132/139 (95%)	72/72 (100%)	25/28 (89.3%)	3/5 (60%)	32/34 (94.1%)
Blood ketones	125/139 (89.9%)	66/72 (91.7%)	25/28 (89.3%)	3/5 (60%)	31/34 (91.2%)
Urinary Beta hCG	115/139 (82.7%)	66/72 (91.7%)	20/28 (71.4%)	5/5 (100%)	24/34 (70.6%)
Influenza (any)	45/139 (32.4%)	29/72 (40.3%)	7/28 (25%)	1/5 (20%)	8/34 (23.5%)
RSV	41/139 (29.5%)	24/72 (33.3%)	7/28 (25%)	1/5 (20%)	9/34 (26.5%)
Other	17/139 (12.2%)	15/72 (20.8%)	2/28 (7.1%)	0/5 (0%)	0/34 (0%)
CRP	13/139 (9.4%)	7/72 (9.7%)	3/28 (10.7%)	0/5 (0%)	3/34 (8.8%)
Group A Streptococcus	5/139 (3.6%)	3/72 (4.2%)	1/28 (3.6%)	0/5 (0%)	1/34 (2.9%)
Procalcitonin	2/139 (1.4%)	1/72 (1.4%)	0/28 (0%)	0/5 (0%)	1/34 (2.9%)
Blood gas analyser investigations available among units doing blood gases
Lactate	127/139 (91.4%)	69/72 (95.8%)	25/28 (89.3%)	3/5 (60%)	30/34 (88.2%)
pH, PaCO2/PaO2, Base Excess	126/139 (90.6%)	69/72 (95.8%)	25/28 (89.3%)	3/5 (60%)	29/34 (85.3%)
Sodium/Potassium	126/139 (90.6%)	69/72 (95.8%)	24/28 (85.7%)	3/5 (60%)	30/34 (88.2%)
Glucose	123/139 (88.5%)	68/72 (94.4%)	23/28 (82.1%)	3/5 (60%)	29/34 (85.3%)
Haemoglobin	116/139 (83.5%	67/72 (93%)	21/28 (75%)	3/5 (60%)	25/34 (73.5%)
Calcium	107/139 (77%)	62/72 (86.1%)	19/28 (67.9%)	3/5 (60%)	23/34 (67.6%)
Bilirubin	46/139 (33.1%)	25/72 (34.7%)	11/28 (39.3%)	1/5 (20%)	9/34 (26.5%)
Phosphate	27/139 (19.2%)	18/72 (25%)	2/28 (7.1%)	1/5 (20%)	6/34 (17.6%)
Other:	23/139 (16.5%)	18/72 (25%)	3/28 (10.7%)	0/5 (0%)	2/34 (5.9%)

ED Emergency Department, PAU Paediatric Assessment Unit, UCC Urgent Care Centre, hCG human Chorionic Gonadotrophin, RSV Respiratory Syncytial Virus, CRP C-reactive protein