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Rosemary Gray posted a reply on Re: iSTAT Flagged results with *** and <> in Ep...

Monday, Jan 9, 2023 at 10:35 AM

Said: Hello,Our process with a result of "***" is to not report any of the panel and operators are trained to this. We use EPIC with RALs. RALs will suppress the results and I do not have any problems with that. I am having a ...

Erika Deaton-Mohney BS, MT(ASCP), CPP posted a new Topic

Monday, Jan 9, 2023 at 9:56 AM

Temperature Corrected pO2 on Radiometer ABL90

I'm looking for some information on what others might be doing. We recently switched from a gas method that had wide ranges for hemoglobin fractions to a new method that has a narrower range and can give a <1 value. This makes getting a temperature corrected value difficult when using the formula that includes values for the fractions (carboxy or met-hemoglobin).

To those that use ABL90s: Are you temperature correcting? What formula (of the three options) are you using.

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Peggy Lindeman posted a reply on Re: Temperature monitoring during transport

Monday, Jan 9, 2023 at 6:44 AM

Said: We have a transport team that uses Istat's. The Istat and all the supplies are carried in a camera bag. In the bag is a thermometer that records the Min/Max range.

Diana Meyer posted a new Topic

Friday, Jan 6, 2023 at 6:21 PM

Temperature monitoring during transport

We have a transport team that travels with Siemens EPOC. The card, capillary tubes and EPOC are to be kept between 59-86F. Anyone with ideas on monitoring and documenting the temperatures, also what type of container do you use to transport the EPOC and supplies.

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Adonica Wilson posted a reply on Re: iSTAT Flagged results with *** and <> in Ep...

Friday, Jan 6, 2023 at 12:07 PM

Said: We do the same as Danialle, any * on any analyte means none of the cartridge results will cross to EPIC and needs to be repeated. It's been our process here and we teach it when we train new operators and annual competencies. ...