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Kathleen David posted a reply on Re: iSTAT blood gases compared to GEM

Tuesday, Dec 7, 2021 at 6:01 PM

Said: Also, we compare our GEM 5000 every 6 months with i-STAT as well as the laboratory instruments (ABLs) and have acceptable results.

Kathleen David posted a reply on Re: iSTAT blood gases compared to GEM

Tuesday, Dec 7, 2021 at 6:00 PM

Said: Hi Kim, the huge advantage of the GEM5000 is that all QC is internal. There is something called IQM2 that will do a check with every test. We have them at one of our hospitals and we love them. You can do blood gas testing as well as me...

Christina Crocker posted a reply on Re: iSTAT blood gases compared to GEM

Tuesday, Dec 7, 2021 at 5:51 PM

Said: Get the GEMs!! We had Radiometer...the GEMs are sooo much more user friendly! You won't be disappointed! I use CG4, CHEM8 and CG8. My method comparisons are within tEA.

Kim Ballister posted a new Topic

Tuesday, Dec 7, 2021 at 5:33 PM

iSTAT blood gases compared to GEM

Our facility has used iSTAT EG7 for blood gases along side Radiometer for years. We are now looking at replacing the Radiometer with GEMs. Any pros or cons on the GEMs? And also wondering how the GEM compares to the iSTAT.
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Kim

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Lori Lasbury posted a new Topic

Tuesday, Dec 7, 2021 at 4:07 PM

POC critical results

Hello, I am new to this group and this is my first posting. I a POC specialist for a few POC labs that are located in free-standing ER's (no traditional lab on site).
The first part of my question is: How do your sites deal with critical results on POC tests? Do you have the nurses repeat the test for verification? We currently have them repeat because we can't verify the result in a traditional lab in a timely manner (it would be a send out test).
The second part is if you ...

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