Urologists,
primary care physicians
and nurses rely on
accurate measurement
of PSA for the management
of new or recurrent
prostate disease.
The
PSAwatch system measures
PSA to one decimal
place, in the clinically
significant range (0.5
- 25µg/l) [1].
PSAwatch™ Clinical
Applications
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Men
with LUTS (lower urinary
tract symptoms)
Suspicious DRE (digital
rectal examination)
PSA surveillance and
PSA velocity
Monitoring response of
prostate cancer to therapy
(hormones, radiotherapy,
brachytherapy, cryotherapy
or HIFU)
Prostate cancer screening
with age specific range
Prostate cancer “active
surveillance”
Accessories
Description
Part
No.
PSAwatch
Test Kit (for 20 tests)
BS-0011
Capillary
Blood Collection Kit
(for 20 samples)
BS-0006
Refill
for capillary blood
collection kit (for
20 samples)
BS-0010
Pipette
BS-0009
Thermal
Printer with Bluetooth® connection
BS-0007
Bioscan
Carry Case
BS-0004
Bioscan
Reader
BS-0001
Compatible
with other Mediwatch
Products
Touch-screen
input makes the Bioscan™ convenient
to use. The PSA value
may be sent by Bluetooth® to
a printer for a permanent
hardcopy of the result
or to a Mediwatch Multiscan
and Portascan+.
PSAwatch™ is
the First Low Cost
Rapid Point-of-Care PSA
test
PSAwatch™ with
the Bioscan™ reader
system is easy to use.
No special training
is required and the
system is small enough
to be used in any location.
Place the PSAwatch™ cassette
into the Bioscan™ reader,
put the sample into
the “test well” and
wait 10 minutes for
the PSA result.
The
test is clinically
equimolar with NIBSC
and European standards
and correlates well
with a standard laboratory
assay (R2=0.88) [1].
The test works with
whole blood from a
venous puncture or
finger-prick, and plasma
[2].
View
the PSAwatch in action
Reference
[1]
Point-of-care PSA testing.
An evaluation of PSAwatchTM.
O Karim, A Rao, M Emberton,
D Cochrane, M Partridge, P
Edwards, I Walker and I Davidson.
Prostate Cancer and Prostatic
Diseases. Click here to link
to article.
Features
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Total
PSA (0.5 – 25µg/l)
•
10
minute quantitative
test
•
Small
sample (whole
blood or plasma)
•
Capillary
(finger-prick)
or venous specimen
•
Simple
operation
•
Touch-screen
control
•
Very
portable - point-of-care
•
Bluetooth® wireless
connectivity
•
Compatible
with other Mediwatch
products
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Clinically
equimolar with
NIBSC and European
standards
Technical
Specification
For
more technical
information on
this product
please download
the data sheet.
The MHRA have issued a Medical Device Alert
(ref; MDA/2008/086) on 8 December 2008 regarding the voluntary recall of a PSA testing device manufactured by Innovacon USA...
