GE MAC 600 - Acquisition Date and Time; How To Check ECG Acquisition Date and Time

PayAttentiontoAcquisitionDateandTime
EveryprintedreportcontainsthedateandtimewhentheECGwasacquired.Thisisforseveral
reasons:
lIfthereisnopatientidenticationinformationonthereport,itservesastheonlyunique
identierforthatreport.
lIfmultipleECGsareacquiredforapatient,thedate/timeisusedtosortthesetofserialECGsso
aphysiciancanmakesenseoftheECGchangesnecessaryforidentifyingspecicconditions.[1]
lToproperlyassessapatientandinterprettheirECG,itisimportanttoknowwhentheECGwas
takeninrelationtothepatient’ssymptomsand/ortreatment.[1,2,3]
lAcquiringatimelyECGhasbeenfoundtobethemostimportantfactorinreducing
time-to-treatmentforemergencycardiaccatheterizationlabprocedures.[4,5,6,7]Therefore,
thedateandtimeofanECGisarequiredmetricforEuropeandataregistriesusedtoevaluate
andimprovetime-to-treatment.[8,9,10,11]
Asaresult,GEHealthcareprintstheacquisitiondate/timeoneveryreportandthispracticehas
beenadoptedasasafetyandperformancerequirementforcomputerizedelectrocardiographsin
Europe.[12]
HowToCheckDateAndTimeOfECGAcquisition
BeforedeliveringanECGreportthatyouacquired,alwaysconrmthatthedateandtimestamped
onthereportmatchesthecurrentdateandtimedisplayedontheelectrocardiograph.Seethe
followingexample:
2MACECGCarts2098702-001B