Laboratory Diagnostics and Diagnostic Equipment

Laboratory and diagnostics area of the paediatric practice with modern equipment

Point-of-care laboratory diagnostics directly at the practice or during a home visit

  • Rapid pathogen tests (streptococcus, COVID-19, influenza, RSV)
  • Urine testing

Diagnostic equipment/special examinations

  • OAE measurements, also mobile during home visits — official screening practice of the NRW newborn hearing screening programme (Maico OAE Tester)
  • Audiometer, hearing tests from age 3 with the pilot test, from age 4 as pure-tone audiometry (Maico Screening Audiometer MA33)
  • Instrument-based vision testing/amblyopia screening from 6 months (Plusoptix P12)
  • Ultrasound of the endocrine organs and the urinary tract (Chison Q Bit5)
  • Lung function testing (MiniSpir MIR)
  • Oxygen saturation screening, also mobile during home visits (Portable SpO2 Patient Monitoring System PM10N)