Healthcare shortages spark revolutionary developments
Inside healthcare, the medical laboratory is the driving power. Accuracy and timeliness of laboratory assessments are critically essential, as they form roughly 70% of all medical choices made by physicians. It’s unsurprising that blood assortment (“phlebotomy”) is the commonest invasive medical process, carried out billions of instances per yr globally. Blood assortment holds a pivotal position in medical diagnostics but can be burdened by the shortage of expert employees. By automating this labor-intensive process, we are able to remodel the standard of care and create a sustainable healthcare system.Â
Proprietary laboratory automation know-how standardizes dealing with of the blood pattern whereas the blood is collected. The system permits nearly full automation of the pre-analytical part. This has the potential to cut back excessive blood check error charges, primarily brought on by handbook variability. In medical research, Vitestro already carried out 1,500 automated blood attracts in additional than 1,000 sufferers with its prototype.
Toon Overbeeke, Vitestro’s Co-Founder and Chief Government Officer stated:
“The mounting scarcity of healthcare personnel is imminent. The pandemic has additional led to lack of workforce, inflicting a bleak outlook for hospital output across the globe, and resulting in decreased entry and continuity of care. That is why revolutionary automation like our blood drawing system is inevitable to unravel the business’s greatest drawback.”
Outpatient phlebotomy care is redefined
At first, Vitestro will implement the system in outpatient phlebotomy departments. Sufferers can have the choice to decide on between Vitestro’s venipunture system or normal technique. The system is intuitive to make use of, empowering sufferers to be self-reliant within the full blood assortment process. In earlier medical trials, sufferers of all ages confirmed a excessive diploma of openness, enthusiasm and willingness to undertake the innovation.
A educated healthcare skilled is ready to supervise a number of units, managing a number of sufferers concurrently. The elevated effectivity permits hospitals and medical laboratories to deal with workforce scarcity and even release workers and deploy them the place they’re actually wanted.
Toon Overbeeke, Vitestro’s Co-Founder and Chief Government Officer provides:
“We now have spent almost 5 years on the event of this breakthrough medical system. All related disciplines are represented in our devoted, specialised crew of 35 folks. To organize for manufacturing and commercialization, the crew will double in measurement within the subsequent two years. We now have clear momentum available in the market and would be the first to convey autonomous know-how to European hospitals. With our know-how we might help to construct a extra sturdy and resilient healthcare system.”
Anja Leyte, Director OVLG Laboratories, taking part in medical research commented:Â
“By introducing automated blood drawing, top quality in addition to capability is assured in our laboratories. Vitestro’s know-how helps fixing staffing shortages at our blood drawing division and enhancing pattern standardization. Sufferers are additionally very enthusiastic.”
About Vitestro
In 2017 Vitestro’s founders rose to the problem to create a greater blood drawing expertise. Immediately Vitestro is properly underway to realize its aim with a dedicated crew of 35 extremely expert folks with a monitor file in medical robotics, imaging software program, AI, QA/RA and enterprise growth. Vitestro is predicated in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Vitestro is properly funded by non-public buyers and authorities subsidies.
Please contact for extra info:
Vitestro, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Toon Overbeeke, Chief Government Officer, Co-founder,
T: +31 30 2004551
E: toon.overbeeke@vitestro.com
LifeSpring Life Sciences Communication
Leon Melens
T: +31 6 538 16 427
E: [email protected]
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