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Faster bilirubin results allow rapid patient treatment at St. Michael’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Faster bilirubin results allow rapid patient treatment at St. Michael’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
www.siemens.com/diagnostics Neonatal bilirubin (n-Bili) Staff in the neonatal ICU at St. Michael’s Hospital, Bristol, are now able to obtain bilirubin test results in 60 seconds using the RAPIDLab® 1265 Blood Gas analyzer from Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, enabling appropriate care at the earliest opportunity for critically ill babies. Bilirubin When red blood cells degrade, the hemoglobin breaks down to form unconjugated bilirubin. This i