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Connecting a Roche cobas h 232 to your EHR or LIS
Quick answer
Yes. Roche lists POCT1-A communication for the cobas h 232 both through its optional base station and over WLAN. Catenix receives the cardiac marker results on the network and forwards them to your EHR or LIS, matched to the patient scanned at the bedside.
The cobas h 232 is a handheld reader for Roche CARDIAC strips. Staff apply 150 microlitres of heparinised venous whole blood, and the reader reports troponin T or NT-proBNP in 12 minutes, or D-dimer in 8. Earlier versions of the menu also included CK-MB and myoglobin; what is offered now depends on the country.
Roche frames it for emergency departments, pre-hospital care and the lab, with cut-offs comparable across those settings. The strip warms up as part of the test, and the reader can be carried while it runs.
| What | How Catenix handles it |
|---|---|
| Markers | Troponin T, NT-proBNP, D-dimer |
| Time to result | 12 min (troponin T, NT-proBNP); 8 min (D-dimer) |
| Sample | 150 uL heparinised venous whole blood |
| Data routes | WLAN, base station with Ethernet and USB, infrared, QR code |
| Lists held | 4,000 patients and 5,000 operators |
| Results held | 2,000 patient, 500 QC, 200 IQC |
Why a cardiac marker result needs to land fast
A troponin read at the bedside is only useful if the doctor reviewing the chest pain sees it in the record. With WLAN, the h 232 can send each result as soon as it is done; without it, the result moves when the reader is placed on its base station. Catenix stores each message with its result, so the time it arrived is clear.
Patient and operator handling
The integrated barcode scanner reads wristbands and badges. The reader can hold a patient list of 4,000 entries and an operator list of 5,000, so IDs are checked on the device. Catenix keeps the operator ID with every marker result and puts any result without a matching patient into a review queue.
Controls and IQC on the h 232
The reader stores liquid control results separately from its internal quality checks. Control results that reach Catenix are filed as QC, graded with Westgard rules against your lab's targets and shown on Levey-Jennings charts. A failed control holds patient results for that marker. Each marker is mapped to its EHR code during setup.
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Questions people ask
Does the cobas h 232 need its base station to connect?
Not if WLAN is set up. Roche lists POCT1-A over WLAN as well as through the optional base station.
How much blood does the cobas h 232 need?
150 microlitres of heparinised venous whole blood.
Which markers can Catenix receive from the h 232?
Whatever your reader runs, such as troponin T, NT-proBNP and D-dimer. Each is mapped to an EHR code at setup.
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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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