Medal-winning moments at Frimley Park Hospital

Calling the detective
Kate Cox explained to the children how the analyser is “like a detective” and that the results it produces help the doctors and nurses to make the children well again. “Almost every child has a urine test done on a Siemens analyser when they come on to the ward,” explained ward sister Gail Ashworth. “All 35 of our nursing staff, together with our point-of-care medical technical officers, have been trained on the analyser. It is so easy to use and accurate, and the rapid results indicate where further analysis is needed, enabling us to care for our patients swiftly.”

Gillian Rooney, ward sister and diabetes specialist, agrees: “Such rapid results help so much when we are teaching parents how to manage a diabetic child. It really makes it easier to explain diabetes as a condition when the results obtained from the analyser give them an instant picture of their child on that day. We wouldn’t be without it and are delighted to have the new machine.”

Podium places
Two children were well enough to join in the celebrations and were presented with Siemens 50,000th Clinitek Status gold medals to make the day even more memorable. To receive their medals, the children stood on an ‘Olympic’ winners’ podium that they had made as part of the celebrations.