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James Beck posted a reply on Re: Disposal of labeled specimen collection dev...

Wednesday, Apr 5, 2017 at 5:17 PM

Said: : "Good question. I guess I have always assumed that our offsite waste handlers are handling sharps contents with the same patient confidentiality guidelines as non-sharp biohazardous waste - but I have never really asked. Since a sharps c...

Shana Gaug posted a new Topic

Wednesday, Apr 5, 2017 at 5:01 PM

Disposal of labeled specimen collection devices

: "Aloha all,
A question came up regarding disposing labeled specimen collection devices in sharps. There was mixed answers indicating that we should pull the label before we drop it in the sharps. We have always trained our staff to dispose their labeled collection devices into the sharps because it proves that those devices were labeled. The ..."

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Pet Maniquis posted a reply on Re: Glucose Testing on Isolation Patients

Tuesday, Apr 4, 2017 at 11:02 AM

Said: : "We have NOVA meters also. We keep a strip in the room and the vial discarded after the patient left the room. We bag our meter in a clean, new, biohazard specimen bag ( you can buy clear, thin bags from NOVA but they are expensive). Pl...

Jeremy Williford posted a reply on Re: Glucose Testing on Isolation Patients

Tuesday, Apr 4, 2017 at 10:07 AM

Said: : "We clean all meters with a bleach based product. We do not isolate the meters for isolation patients. Never had an issue with accrediting/regulating agency. Jeremy Williford, PBT (ASCP) ...

Pamela Bauer, BS (ASCP) CPP posted a reply on Re: Eye pH - POC test or not

Tuesday, Apr 4, 2017 at 10:06 AM

Said: : "pbauer@lakelandhealth.org Thank you! Pamela A Bauer, BS, MT(ASCP) Point of Care Technical Specialist Lakeland Laboratory 1234 Napier Ave, St. Joseph, MI 49085 Telephone: (269) 982-4307 Fax: (269) 983-8258 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This ...