{"id":11827,"date":"2011-09-13T09:36:55","date_gmt":"2011-09-13T13:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=11827"},"modified":"2011-09-13T09:38:31","modified_gmt":"2011-09-13T13:38:31","slug":"i-stat-training-comes-to-the-bahamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2011\/09\/i-stat-training-comes-to-the-bahamas","title":{"rendered":"I-Stat Training Comes To The Bahamas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ports International introduces the i-STAT System from Abbott Point of Care to the Bahamas. The i-STAT System is an advanced, handheld, diagnostic tool that provides real-time lab-quality results within minutes to accelerate the patient care decision-making process. \u00a0It represents the next step in the evolution of point-of-care lab testing.<\/p>\n<p>Ideal for the family island and local clinics, the i-STAT System features single-use disposable test cartridges that can be used throughout hospitals, clinics, and doctors&#8217; offices to perform a broad menu of tests including cardiac markers, blood gas, chemistry and coagulation in just minutes, enabling faster diagnosis. \u00a0With results right by the patient&#8217;s side, this accelerates patient care decision-making by reducing the time to get needed information to the clinicians.<\/p>\n<p>The i-STAT System is currently in use in one out of every three U.S. hospitals and over 500 emergency departments. \u00a0Introduced to the Department of Public Health, i-STAT training was conducted recently at the South Beach Clinic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ports International introduces the i-STAT System from Abbott Point of Care to the Bahamas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[19,130],"class_list":["post-11827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-health","tag-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11827\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}