General FOBT Questions |
| 1. In your opinion, what % of Trauma victims should have an FOBT kit used on them? |
8 = 100%, 1 = 25%, 1= 50% |
| 2. In your opinion, what % of Surgery patients should have a pre-op FOBT kit used on them? |
7 = 100%, 1 = don’t know
1 = 25%, 1= 50% |
3. In your opinion, how many non-trauma, nom-surgical patients have an FOBT test performed
on them? |
Range 10% - 50% Agree |
| 4. Is Point Of Care (POC) development of FOBT kits in the ED allowed in your hospital? |
50% yes, 50% no, as it depends on hospital |
| 5. Does the Infection Control Dept. insist on following proper POC FOBT procedures? |
100% Yes |
| 6. Can a billable POC kit developed in the Emergency Department, increase ED revenue? |
100% Yes |
Existing FOBT Kits in the ED |
| 1. Do you develop existing FOBT kits on an as needed basis? |
100% Yes |
| 2. Is your diagnosis ever delayed while waiting for a FOBT developer bottle or Lab results? |
100% Yes |
| 3. Is the quality of your current Guaiac FOBT slides & their developer bottles an issue in the way they are stored & used? |
Yes 100% |
| 4. Is environmental control constantly maintained over developer quality, lot #, mismatch, &/or fecal contamination of lid, bottle & tip? |
No 100% |
| 5. Are your existing FOBT kits protected from heat, light and chemical vapors that can inactivate the guaiac card & developer? |
90% yes, 10% I don’t know |
| 6. Do you apply developer to the Control area and wait for it to turn blue every time? |
100% Yes |
| 7. Is a Control Area Response test performed on every newly opened box of FOBT? |
100% No |
| 8. Are FOBT slides & developer lot codes matched all the time? |
70% No 30% I don’t know |
| 9. Are hospital rules concerning Point Of Care testing outside of the Lab followed rigorously? |
80% No 10% = Yes,
10%= I don’t know
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10. What bothers you most
about existing
FOBT kits? |
90% “Can’t find developer, 10% dirty developer bottle |
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| ColonTest-Sensitive in the ED |
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| 1. Is ColonTest's secure retention of the fecal sample a real benefit? |
100 %Yes |
| 2. Is ColonTest's developer in a glass ampoule a significant Quality & Safety improvement? |
Yes Overwhelmingly 100% |
| 3. Does ColonTest's foil pouch offer a Quality & Safety benefit for the ED? |
100 %Yes |
| 4. Is ColonTest likely to reduce ED clinician time in diagnosing patients? |
100 %Yes |
| 5. Is ColonTest likely to improve the quality of fecal blood detection? |
90% Yes,
10% = I don’t know |
| 6. Does a billable ColonTest POC FOBT kit represent a benefit for the ED?. |
100 %Yes |
| 7. Does ColonTest answer enough ED needs to make it a "must have" product? |
100 %Yes |
| 8. Does ColonTest’s streamlined, cleaner POC FOBT test make you more likely to perform the test? |
80% yes,
20 % =
“Would do it anyway” |
9. What do you see as ColonTest's major
benefit in the ED? |
Clean, don’t have
to find developer,
can trust the quality |
| 10. Do you see any reason ColonTest would NOT be readily adopted in the ED? |
No 100% |
| 11. After seeing ColonTest-Sensitive, pick your preferred FOBT for the ED: |
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1. ColonTest-Sensitive is clearly superior over existing
FOBTs in the ED.
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100% Agree |
| 2. “I'll stick with the existing Hemoccult™ slides.” |
0% Hemoccult™
is a trademark of
Beckman Coulter |
