Portable Inr Device

All monitors are portable and include a carrying case.

Portable inr device.

For use with coaguchek xs and xs plus inr monitors 254 52 ex gst. As of 2008 medicare part b helps pay for the cost of your pt inr equipment when used to determine how well your anticoagulants are working. A drop of blood is obtained by a finger stick using a lancet. An inr tester for home use gives results in less than a minute.

The drop of blood is placed on a test strip and analyzed by the device. Aetna s policy on prothrombin time inr home testing devices. The coaguchek is a portable device which allows an individual to measure their own inr at frequent intervals. In addition manufacturing of ppe and many other wound care and infection prevention products have been impacted by global response to coronavirus.

Learn how i can test myself in our 30 second tv ad. The monitoring device measures the time it takes an individual s blood to clot. Millions of patients worldwide rely on warfarin coumadin used as a blood thinner and to prevent clots. Four alkali manganese aaa batteries or a power supply unit.

The coaguchek device comes packaged as a kit including. How do i qualify for coverage. Coaguchek xs pt test strips box of 24 pt test strips for the coaguchek xs inr monitor 181 41 ex gst. Frequent blood testing for international normalized ratio inr is necessary to monitoring warfarin dosage and treatment success.

Components of the coaguchek system. Coaguchek pro ii kit for professional use only expanding coagulation testing in the hospital point of care setting. The device used is a portable handheld meter that reads your coagulation levels from a small drop of blood. Lancing device and lancet.

The meter has a screen that displays results and an opening for meter specific test strips. You don t need any medical experience or technology skills to perform the simple inr test. Please click here to read our conclusion of the investigation of variances in coaguchek inr test results. Home inr test home inr monitors are simple to use and provide accurate results.

The device displays both the pt and calculated international normalized ratio inr. Due to the coronavirus outbreak worldwide global demand for some personal protective equipment ppe is exceeding supply. Coaguchek xs pt test strips 48s. An inr test meter is a portable battery operated meter used to monitor patient response to warfarin.

Warfarin is the standard treatment for certain conditions such as abnormal heartbeat so called atrial fibrillation vein blood clots and after heart valve.