Test usage across the two sites
| Abingdon | Oxford | |
| Implementation period | 11/11/16–2/7/17 | 7/1/17–2/7/17 |
| Successful blood tests | 48, at 41 contacts | 6, at 6 contacts |
| Failed attempt at blood tests | 11 | 5 |
| Number of potentially appropriate home visits | 1495 | 833 |
| Proportion of home visits where successful blood test performed | 2.7% | 0.7% |
| Type of cartridges used* | 38 Chem8 10 CG4 | 5 Chem8 1 CG4 |
| Types of clinicians who performed tests | 28 Emergency practitioners 13 GPs (one with healthcare assistant support) | 5 GPs (three with healthcare assistant support) 1 Emergency practitioner |
| Timing of tests | ||
| Overnight 00:00–08:00 hours Evening 18:00–00:00 hours Daytime† 8:00–18:00 hours | 10 8 23 | 0 1 5 |
*The CHEM8 cartridge measures sodium, potassium, chloride, total carbon dioxide (TCO2), anion gap, ionised calcium, glucose, urea, creatinine, haematocrit and haemoglobin. The CG4 cartridge measures lactate, pH, PaO2 and PCO2, TCO2, bicarbonate, base excess and oxygen saturation.
†Daytime contacts were limited to Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.