Case Studies / IBDoc

Calprotectin Home Testing
Introducing Patient Home Tests for Calprotectin in a Routine District General Hospital

Gastrointestinal/IBD Nurse of the Year 2018 introduces calprotectin home testing at her hospital. Pearl Avery of Dorset County Hospital NHS Trust has been awarded Gastrointestinal/IBD Nurse of the Year 2018 for her pioneering work

IBDoc® Self-care/Point of care Calprotectin Test: Early Value in a District General Hospital

Pearl Avery from Dorset County Hospital  shows very interesting data on the clinical validity and ease of use of the IBDoc® calprotectin home test at ECCO 2018.

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IBDoc®: Early Value in a District General Hospital Inflammatory Bowel Disease Service

At the European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation, 13th Congress in Vienna in February 2018 Avery and Wilson of Dorset County Hospital Foundation Trust, Gastroenterology, Dorchester, UK presented the poster: IBDoc® Self-care/Point of care Calprotectin Test:

Cost Effective Monitoring

Using IBDoc Faecal Calprotectin Testing Post Induction of anti-TNF Therapy G. Elsafi et al. Department of Gastroenterology, Mercy University Hospital, Cork At UEGW in Barcelona in October 2017 Dr. Elsafi and

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Calprotectin Home vs. Laboratory Test

Mary O’Connell née Deasy, Biochemistry Department, Mercy University Hospital, Cork, Ireland The Mercy University hospital is one of the largest users of the IBDoc test, with almost 500 patients using the system to

Usability of a home-based test for the measurement of faecal calprotectin in IBD patients

In this video Caroline Bello from the University Hospital in Liege, Belgium presents the data of BÜHLMANN’s multicenter study with over 50 patients in Liege (Prof. Edouard Louis), Oslo (Dr.

Home vs. Hospital Based Analysis of Stool Calprotectin

Comparison of Two Diagnostic Methods for Monitoring Inflammatory Bowel Disease. In this video Anke Heida, a PhD student from the IBD Centre, Groningen University Medical Center, Netherlands presents her poster at

IBDoc® – A Patient’s Perspective

Julia Edin, a Crohn’s patient from Norway tells us about her experience using IBDoc® at home.

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Calprotectin Patient Self-Testing in Practice

NEW User Report: Monitoring calprotectin concentrations is important as an indicator of disease activity, the effectiveness of treatment and to predict relapses in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).

Hope on the Horizon for IBD Patients

Crohn’s sufferer Lee Stanley from Manchester writes about his experience of living with Crohn’s Disease for 25 years. Why he feels regular calprotectin testing is important, and the benefits that