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Vivian Morales posted a new Topic

Wednesday, Jun 16, 2021 at 6:40 AM

Accula Covid test from Mesa Labs

Our resident Hospital Epi physician here at the NIH CC was curious about the specific usage of the Mesa Accula SARS-CoV-2 assay that other hospitals may currently have in-place. We use it as a point-of-care and have the nurses in full PPE in a negative pressure / isolation room to prevent exposure from aerosols as best we can. I know that one of the local Maryland hospitals has it in the laboratory and is only done by technologists once the specimen has been collected by a health...

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Chris Caron posted a reply on Re: POCT supervisor job posted!

Tuesday, Jun 15, 2021 at 9:06 PM

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Adonica Wilson posted a reply on Re: Neonatal Potassium and Arterial Blood Gas T...

Tuesday, Jun 15, 2021 at 3:30 PM

Said: Hi TerriWe use the EG7 in our NICU for capillary samples, especially now that we can't do cap samples on CG4/Chem8 combo that we use in most of the other Istat areas. The nurses collect the samples and use the Safe Wrap capill...

Danyel Olson posted a reply on Re: Neonatal Potassium and Arterial Blood Gas T...

Tuesday, Jun 15, 2021 at 2:28 PM

Said: Terri - I have one off site NICU that uses the CG8 with art, ven and cap samples. The capillary draws took patience and education about technique but once they got more experienced, the hemolyzed samples were greatly reduced. That site ...

Thomas Miller posted a reply on Re: Neonatal Potassium and Arterial Blood Gas T...

Tuesday, Jun 15, 2021 at 2:18 PM

Said: This consideration fell out when we did our IQCP plan for the EPOC. We track and investigate any cap k's over a certain value. And try to identify any trends associated with the users via chart review. In the beginning this helped fine ...