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Connecting a HemoCue Hb 201 DM to your LIS or EHR
Quick answer
Yes. The Hb 201 DM sends its data through a docking station on the clinic network, and HemoCue describes its interface as POCT1-A, the CIC standard. Catenix picks up the docked results, keeps the operator and patient IDs with each one and passes haemoglobin values on to your EHR or LIS. How the docking station addresses the host is confirmed on your units during setup.
The HemoCue Hb 201 DM is a handheld haemoglobin meter. A drop of about 10 microlitres of capillary, venous or arterial whole blood goes into a microcuvette, and a result in the range 0 to 25.6 g/dL appears within 60 seconds. It is factory calibrated against the reference method, so there is no calibration for staff to run.
In the US it is billed with CPT 85018-QW, the waived haemoglobin code, so a clinic with a waived certificate can run it. The DM version adds a touch screen, a built-in barcode scanner and memory for 4,000 patient tests and 500 QC tests.
| What | How Catenix handles it |
|---|---|
| Test | Haemoglobin, 0 to 25.6 g/dL |
| Sample | About 10 microlitres capillary, venous or arterial blood |
| Result time | Within 60 seconds |
| Connection | Primary docking station on a LAN cable, secondary docks chained |
| Units per link | Up to five analysers through one LAN connection |
| Interface standard | POCT1-A (CIC standard), per HemoCue |
| ID entry | Built-in barcode scanner and touch screen |
Docking stations do the networking
The meter itself is battery powered and carried to the patient. When staff put it back, the primary docking station sends its stored results over a single LAN cable, and secondary docking stations let up to five analysers share that one network point. For a busy clinic with several meters, that keeps the cabling to one wall socket.
Catenix sits on the same network as the primary dock. Results that arrive are matched to the patient by the ID scanned or typed on the meter, and anything that cannot be matched waits for review before it reaches a chart.
Operator ID and QC lock-out stay on the meter
Operator ID, patient ID, lot ID and site ID are all configurable on the Hb 201 DM, and its QC lock-out and QC scheduling stop testing when controls are due. Those rules keep running on the device. Catenix adds the record: the operator ID travels with each haemoglobin result, and liquid control runs are filed as QC rather than patient results, graded with Westgard rules and drawn on Levey-Jennings charts.
What goes to the EHR
Each haemoglobin value is sent on to your EHR or LIS under the code mapped at setup, with the original message stored alongside it. If the clinic's internet drops, the gateway keeps results on site and forwards them once it is back.
HemoCue and Hb 201 DM are trademarks of their owners. Catenix is an independent connectivity provider, not affiliated with or endorsed by HemoCue.
Questions people ask
How many HemoCue Hb 201 DM meters can share one network point?
Up to five, using one primary docking station on the LAN and secondary docking stations linked to it.
Does the Hb 201 DM record who ran the test?
Yes, operator ID is a configurable field. Catenix keeps that operator ID with each result it receives.
Is the Hb 201 DM CLIA waived?
HemoCue's US sheet lists CPT 85018-QW for it, the waived haemoglobin code.
Related: POCT1-A2 guide · QC lockout and operator competency · HemoCue WBC DIFF connection · Device library
Product and company names are trademarks of their owners and are used for identification only. Catenix moves, stores and displays results with traceability; it does not interpret results or give clinical advice. Reviewed November 2026.
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