Whole Blood Cardiac Troponin "Triaging" to Improve Early Detection of Myocardial Injury at a Pediatric Hospital.

Background: The importance of offering on-site cardiac troponin (cTn) testing at pediatric hospitals may be underappreciated. We developed a rapid rule-in process for myocardial injury at a pediatric hospital experiencing delays in off-site high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) testing.

Methods: Collect-to-verify turnaround times (TATs) for off-site testing were reviewed.