Abbott Point of Care Inc. • Abbott Park, IL 60064 • USA
Art: 730211-00B Rev. Date: 24-Feb-12
TECHNICAL BULLETIN
i-STAT
®
POSITIVE PATIENT IDENTIFICATION (PPID)
CUSTOMIZATION ON THE i-STAT 1 HANDHELD
OVERVIEW
As part of the on-going READi initiative (Responds, Enhances, And Delivers Innovation), Abbott Point of
Care (APOC) has released a new Positive Patient Identification (PPID) feature for the i-STAT 1 handheld.
This feature enables the handheld to present secondary patient identifiers (patient’s name, birth date,
and gender) obtained from the hospital’s Admission, Discharge, and Transfer (ADT) data based upon the
entered patient identification number. Using these secondary identifiers, the identity of the patient can be
confirmed by the handheld operator.
The PPID feature helps hospitals comply with The Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goal of
improving the accuracy of patient identification by obtaining at least two forms of patient identification prior
to diagnostic testing.
GENERAL NOTES AND CONSIDERATIONS
1. The PPID feature is available only through the i-STAT 1 handheld, and requires the use of the
RAL-Plus or PrecisionWeb data managers with i-STAT/DE. The PPID feature cannot be utilized
with the Central Data Station application. It cannot be enabled or disabled through keypad
customization. The feature is not supported by the i-STAT Portable Clinical Analyzer.
2. By default, the PPID feature is turned off.
3. Implementation of PPID requires an interface to the facility’s ADT feed be implemented in the data
management software. Contact your data management vendor for information on having
this interface implemented.
4. Other patient ID entry customization options available previously (e.g. repeat ID entry or
minimum / maximum ID length) have not changed with the addition of PPID.
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