Heparin monitoring for Impella Patients
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What methodologies are your facilities using for monitoring heparin therapy for Impella patients?
Is anyone using ACT+ cartridges for this purpose? It sounds like most are using the ACT-LR...
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We use the Hemochron Signature Elite
We use the Hemochron Signature Elite with the LR cuvettes.
Hemochron Sig Elite ACT-LR
We use the istat ACT for monitoring.
Sara
Sig Elite with LR cassettes.
We are beginning the process of implementing the ACT K on iSTAT.
Would those of you that use the ISTAT for ACT testing, specifically for Impella patients, be willing to answer some questions that I have?