![]() ![]() Spaeth, B, Shephard, M, Kockcinar, R, Duckworth, L & Omond, R 2019, 'Impact of point-of-care testing for white blood cell count on triage of patients with infection in the remote Northern Territory of Australia', Pathology, vol. in K Atkinson & D Mabey (eds), Revolutionizing Tropical Medicine: Point-of-Care Tests, New Imaging Technologies and Digital Health. Shephard, M, Motta, L, Spaeth, B, Halls, H & Duckworth, L 2019, Point-of-care testing for blood counts, HbA1c, renal function, electrolytes, acid-base balance and hepatitis. Matthews, SJ, Spaeth, B, Duckworth, L, Richards, JN, Prisk, E, Auld, M, Quirk, T, Omond, R & Shephard, MDS 2020, 'Sustained quality and service delivery in an expanding point-of-testing network in remote Australian Primary Health Care', Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, vol. We have published quite a few papers about our work in the NT POCT Program. We are funded by the Northern Territory Government - NT Health. The WBC DIFF device generates a total white cell count and a 5-part differential white blood cell count in under 5 minutes.īased on our research the WBC DIFF POCT program is expected to have significant benefits for Top End communities, including rapid identification and timely treatment of patients with infection/sepsis, more effective triage of patients who require evacuation (by making informed clinical decisions on-site as a result of access to POC testing), and cost savings due to prevented medical evacuations. ![]() In 2020, this study led to the introduction of HemoCue (R) WBC DIFF devices to 20 remote clinics in the Northern Territory's Top End region. ![]() In response to this, NT Health and the Flinders University International Centre for Point-of-Care Testing examined the analytical, clinical and cost effectiveness of a point-of-care testing device for total white cell counts and their subtypes. Our 2017 study found that more than 25% of tests ordered by remote communities were reported by their nearest laboratory as 'unreliable', 'unsuitable' and 'not reported' due to these issues. These challenges include long specimen transport times and issues related to specimen integrity during transport. There are likely other apps and services that will push forecasts to me, but with iStat Menus already a must-have on my Mac, I call the new Weather features a winner.White cell counts are an important diagnostic tool for detecting acute and general infections, but obtaining reliable test results in a timely manner from pathology laboratories presents significant challenges for remote communities. Having the temperature range pushed to me first thing in the morning feeds all that. And I’m an information junkie, to be sure. I’m just always curious about the temperature, and use the data to decide what to wear, whether or not to open or shut windows, and sometimes to decide on activities. I have it on a widget in the upper left corner of my watch face. A Note on įun fact about me: the second most-used aspect of my Apple Watch is checking the temperature. You can buy version 6 for $18, or upgrade from previous versions for $9.99. I consider it a must-have utility on my Macs. I think their clock and calendar is better than the built-in one for macOS, too. I’ve always used it for CPU monitoring, RAM usage, and network traffic monitoring. It’s an app that puts a host of data in your menu bar. Weather Preferences in iStat Menus 6 iStat Menus 6 That’s one of the great things about iStat Menus in the first place, and Weather is just as customizable as anything else. In the preferences you can buy more frequent updates (which I haven’t done) and customize the data that’s displayed. Here’s what that looks like: Weather pulldown menu in iStat Menus 6 Turning to the Yahoo! Weather app in iOS is so ingrained in me, I haven’t remembered that basic forecast and conditions are there on my Mac. There’s a pulldown menu, too, which I haven’t used that much. Weather is a new feature in iStat Menus 6. Can you feel the waves of indulgent satisfaction rolling off me? iStat Menus 6 and Weather Let’s take a gander: Forecast for Today Notification from iStat Menus 6’s Weather featureīoom! There it is. It feeds my addiction to incoming information in a very satisfactory manner. It’s a small thing, to be sure, but when I get up to work, I’ve found myself immediately drawn to it, sitting all sweet and pretty in my Mac’s Notifications. The title gets right to it: I love the weather forecast notification in iStat Menus 6. ![]()
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