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Alere™ Cholestech LDX®: The Solution for the NHS Health Check
From 2009/10, the NHS is being asked to implement a uniform and universal vascular risk assessment and management programme called ‘NHS Health Checkfor people in England aged between 40 and 74; the proposals for which were set out in Putting Prevention First published on 1 April 2008. The recent “Next Steps” guidance from the DH stated that some GPs are using, or planning to use, near patient testing (NPT) to support their vascular checks.
“The use of NPT, of course, has distinct advantages. Results and lifestyle advice can be provided for a person in one appointment. This may increase uptake and motivation to adjust lifestyle.” DH Vascular Checks Next Steps Guidance for PCTs (Nov 2008).
Alere has a proven solution for vascular checks, enabling the service to be delivered in a variety of ways and settings - with full connectivity and data transfer solutions direct to the individual patient record.
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From 2009/10, the NHS is being asked to implement a uniform and universal vascular risk assessment and management programme called ‘NHS Health Check' for people in England aged between 40 and 74; the proposals for which were set out in Putting Prevention First published on 1 April 2008. The recent “Next Steps” guidance from the DH stated that some GPs are using, or planning to use, near patient testing (NPT) to support their vascular checks.
“The use of NPT, of course, has distinct advantages. Results and lifestyle advice can be provided for a person in one appointment. This may increase uptake and motivation to adjust lifestyle.” DH Vascular Checks Next Steps Guidance for PCTs (Nov 2008) What can NPT do for you? Use of an NPT instrument enables a complete CVD risk assessment in a single consultation.
- screening (including cholesterol and glucose)
- lifestyle advice
- treatment intervention
- signposting to appropriate support services
- Full connectivity and data transfer to GP's electronic patient record
Why use the LDX instrument from Alere?
Four of the six case studies listed on the DH NHS Health Check website have used the LDX.
The LDX is the instrument of choice for DH Familial Hyperlipidaemia pilot study at Wolfson Institute, Flora Test the Nations Hearts, and Have a Heart Paisley, BHF Screening programmes – a total of over 120,000 vascular risk assessments performed.
The LDX is certified for Total Cholesterol and HDL-Cholesterol by the CDC‟s Cholesterol Reference Method Laboratory Network – “These results confirm that accuracy and reproducibility of a point-of-care lipid profile method is comparable to centralized laboratory testing.”
Positive evaluations from the UK MHRA (report MHRA/95/23) and many UK labs such as Glasgow Royal, St Georges, Guys, Cardiff etc.
Wolfson EQA extra-laboratory cholesterol assays: 237 LDX instruments are currently registered and show consistently good results
Alere (Formerly Inverness Medical) have supplied in vitro diagnostics to the NHS for over 25 years. We offer a diverse range of NPT diagnostic instrumentation, together with comprehensive training, competency assessment, quality assurance, and 24/7 support.