The PROBLEM

Forrapid, effective triage: Before diagnosis and treatment blood biomarker test waiting times in A&Eat an all-time high, resulting in:
• Increased department workload
• Limited capacity
• Increased risk of patient complications
• Increased risk of excesspatient death
A&E overcrowding is also compounding these issues leading to excess deaths.

UNMET CLINICAL NEEDS:
• In the UK, paracetamol overdose alone is up to 10% A&E department workload.
• Paracetamol isimplicated in up to 48% of all overdoses.
• Paracetamol overdose also accounts for up to 75% of patients referred to theLiver Units with acute liver failure in the UK.
• POC testing for cardiovascular, liver and kidney function biomarkers are the largest unmet needs in emergency and primary care diagnostics.
• Paracetamol also accounts for up to 75% of patients referred to theLiver Units with acute liver failure in the UK.
• 1,695,000patientswere made up of overdose, cardiac and urology patients, including kidney disease in 2019 – 2020.
These patients may have life threatening conditions e.g. heart attacks, stroke, drug overdose, liverand kidney failure (falls) that require urgent and rapid diagnosis in order to stratify risk, treat effectively and discharge to other departments if necessary