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James Beck posted a reply on Re: CAP PT vs Quality Cross Checks

Thursday, Sep 17, 2026 at 6:51 PM

Said: What your lab director advised was extreme, and is basically a setup for failure for both the operator and the laboratory, as many on this thread have stated. One of the (unfortunate) tenets of POCT is that performing the testing ...

Joyce Timson posted a new Topic

Thursday, Sep 17, 2026 at 5:50 PM

Implementation of Testing Using the Refreshed CoaguChek XS Plus Meter for PT/INR

Our health center's 13 clinics will soon undergo a RALS upgrade to support implementation of the refreshed Roche CoaguChek XS Plus meter for PT/INR testing.
We currently use the original CoaguChek XS Plus meter, and not all clinics wiill receive the refreshed model immediately. As a result, we expect to have both the original and refreshed meters in use during the transition period.
If your facility uses RALS, and has already t...

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Jeremy MacDonald posted a reply on Re: CAP PT vs Quality Cross Checks

Thursday, Sep 17, 2026 at 4:43 PM

Said: We treat the quality cross-checks the same way we do the PT, with the exception of course that the cross-check gets the same samples repeated multiple times. Treating the quality cross-checks like PT makes good practi...

Tracy Learned posted a reply on Re: CAP PT vs Quality Cross Checks

Thursday, Sep 17, 2026 at 4:14 PM

Said: That seems like a rather adversarial stance. We know the goal of the PT is to treat it as closely to analyzing a patient sample as possible. Running our PT samples is often NOTHING like running a patient sample. We're running Prime Plus...

McKenna Chandler posted a reply on Re: CAP PT vs Quality Cross Checks

Thursday, Sep 17, 2026 at 4:05 PM

Said: This seems very extreme to me. For PT and for quality cross-checks.I read the directions. For the departments that I know have things handled- I often just highlight the important instructions. For departments with enough s...