The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, covering six hospitals. Elodie and her team in the department of blood sciences perform over 10 million tests each year, providing a service over two sites: the Freeman Hospital and the Royal Victoria Infirmary. Previously they were using…
Faecal calprotectin (FC) is now part of the new official European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation (ECCO) and the European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology (ESGAR) guidelines.
Lee Stanley, long term Crohn’s sufferer shares his experience of managing his disease with the help of calprotectin self-testing. “Having Crohn’s disease for twenty-seven years has taught me many things; fundamentally that patients need to self manage and IBDoc is one powerful tool in my self-managing tool kit. I wasn’t expecting IBDoc to provide me…
The Benefits for Patients and Healthcare Staff of Routine IBDoc® Use The Mercy University Hospital in Cork is a designated Gastroenterology Centre of Excellence and has one of the largest cohorts of IBD patients in Ireland. It was the first hospital to introduce the BÜHLMANN IBDoc® calprotectin patient self-testing into routine practice. This was back…
A Report of A. Suter* and Dr. C. Fuhrer** from SYNLAB *BMA HF/ Fachleiterin, **Head of Core Lab, FAMH Clinical Chemistry, NF hematology, microbiology and immunology; SYNLAB Suisse SA, Alpenquai 14, 6002 Lucerne, Switzerland “Handling and preparation of the fCAL® turbo assay on our chemistry analyser is faster and easier than before.” SYNLAB Suisse SA…
A Report of Martina Kobelt* and Karin Jung**, Zentrum für Labormedizin, KS St. Gallen, Switzerland *Senior Laboratory Technician Core Lab, **Deputy Head of Department Core Lab/FAMH Candidate Clinical Chemistry, Centre for Laboratory Medicine, Frohbergstrasse 3, 9001 St. Gallen, Switzerland “The handling of the new method is comparable to any other clinical chemistry assay.” The Centre…
The New Faecal Calprotectin Care Pathway, developed by Dr James Turvill, Consultant Gastroenterologist at York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and implemented by the Yorkshire and Humber AHSN, supports the implementation of NICE guidance DG11, for the detection of inflammation in the bowel (i.e. IBS vs IBD). The innovative and sensitive pathway based will help…