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Show Hospital Extends Services f - - : -''. , Nil, - ' K "" J- . Holy Cross Hospital has extended the patient services offered through its Park City Family Health Center. Recently the Hospital installed an "automatic clinical blood analyzer" in its Salt Lake facilities. The sophisticated instrument automatically analyzes blood serum and other body fluids. It increases the kinds of laboratory services available through the Family Health Center. Body fluid samples can be quickly transported to Holy Cross Hospital when more e x tens i v e testing i s necessary. The new blood analyzer expedites test results. The instrument performs rapid and accurate chemical analysis of body fluids 24 hours a day. seven days a week. Test results can be obtained in less than eight minutes, making the instrument extremely beneficial in emergency cases. Thirty different diagnostic tests can be x-rformed by the Blood Analyzer. According to Charles Berrctt. laboratory manager, the utility of the automatic clinical blood analyzer for routine and emergency use makes it a valuable asset to the hopsital's laboratory. ""Better patient care, t h r o u g h i m p r o v e d . 24 hours-a-day laboratory service is a goal of the hospital. The instrument gives flexibility to meet this goal with fast response time on a variety of tests at any hour of the day", he said. It also allows us to expand capabilities. with the existing staff, thus leading to cost containment economies. t Kay Ambrose, chemistry technologist, completed a week-long training session on the operation and maintenance of the .,,,.j...- .-. ,,. 1 1 automatic clinical blood analyzer. She trains other medical technologists in using the instrument. |