Blood gas and electrolyte testing solutions

Fast, safe and efficient blood gas and electrolyte testing to enable better, more personalized patient care


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Empowering critical care with reliable blood gas and electrolyte testing at the Point of Care

In critical and acute care, reliability and speed matter. The ability to make a rapid, accurate diagnosis can be the difference between life and death. Because blood gas and electrolyte (BGE) analysis is often the very first test a patient receives, it forms the foundation for all subsequent diagnostic and treatment decisions.1

Recognizing this critical need, our POC portfolio delivers essential insights into blood oxygen, carbon dioxide, pH, and key electrolyte, metabolite, and hematology parameters. Designed to empower clinicians with timely and reliable data, these solutions support fast diagnosis, treatment, and improved patient outcomes in laboratories and near-patient settings such as intensive care units, emergency departments, operating rooms, and pneumology wards.2,3

Together with navify® POC digital solutions, you gain valuable medical insights to help optimize patient care and simplify hospital workflows. Ensure high serviceability and regulatory compliance, empower better reporting and analysis, and improve your operational efficiency—all while maintaining central lab control.

Featured products

The cobas® b 123 POC system is a fully automated blood gas and electrolytes analyzer with flexible configurations for fast and easy POC blood gas testing.
The cobas® b 221 system is a fully automated analyzer for Point of Care blood gas testing, designed to deliver reliable results in under two minutes.

Benefits of blood gas and electrolyte testing solutions

Enhanced patient care

Elevate patient care through timely and accurate results

  • Help improve patient outcome: The Roche BGE solutions allow for immediate results, reducing the time between sample collection and treatment, potentially leading to faster interventions and improved patient outcomes.
  • More than blood gas and electrolytes: Besides blood gas and electrolytes, Roche BGE solutions provide essential metabolite and hematology parameters performed near the patient, at the time and place of care, enabling quicker diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of patients.
Improved workflows

Offering workflow efficiency and optimized operations for streamlined clinical decision-making in critical situations

  • Accelerate turnaround time: The Roche BGE portfolio provides immediate results through Point of Care testing. This proximity to the patient enables staff to act quickly, enhancing workflow efficiency and enabling timely interventions.
  • Achieve operational excellence: Our digital solutions, like navify® POC Operations, navify® Integrator, and navify® Analytics for POC, enable the management of devices, people, and data, strengthening your POC service in critical settings. This, along with features like remote service, contributes to less downtime and optimized BGE system usage.
Economic efficiency

Cost-effectiveness for better patient care

  • Reduce resource use to save cost: The Roche BGE portfolio helps optimize resource use, which saves doctors' time and can help reduce procedural costs. Features like optimized consumables and built-in automation also help lower the operational cost.
  • Streamline operations to lower costs: Features like remote software updates, maintenance-free consumables, and remote service ensure less instrument downtime. This boosts staff productivity and lowers operational costs.4
  • Help improve patient outcomes and finances: Faster, more accurate diagnosis helps reduce hospital stays and readmissions. This leads to better patient outcomes and satisfaction, which can positively impact a hospital's financial performance and patients’ financial burden.

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  1. Castro D, Sachin MP. Arterial Blood Gas. StatPearls [Internet; updated 2024; cited 2026 Jun 23]. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK536919/.
  2. F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. cobas b 123 system POC system Operators Manual. (v13.0). 2020.
  3. F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. cobas® b 221 system Operators Manual. (v20). 2024.
  4. Shastri L, et al. Expert Rev Respir Med. 2024;18(7):553-559.