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Cindy Engbert posted a new Topic

Thursday, Feb 20, 2020 at 10:31 AM

Abbott ID NOW

: "We are looking at the Abbott ID NOW for our provider offices, however I am questioning the statement under the limitations:
Additional follow-up testing using the culture method is required if the result is negative and clinical symptoms persist, or in the event of an acute rheumatic fever (ARF) outbreak.
If you are using this instrument, how do..."

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Kathleen David posted a reply on Re: A1C analyzers

Thursday, Feb 20, 2020 at 10:30 AM

Said: : "I completely agree, Peggy. We also use the DCA Vantage. It correlates pretty well with the lab method. When we have issues, they are most often preanalytical or postanalytical. We have had issues where the results were not put on the corr...

Diana Taunton posted a reply on Re: A1C analyzers

Thursday, Feb 20, 2020 at 10:30 AM

Said: : "Hi Peggy, I have performed parallel tests on the DCA Vantage analyzers that we have in our clinics against our Beckman Coulter analyzers in our core lab a couple of different times when the clinic physicians doubted their results and bot...

Raychel Rusnak posted a reply on Re: A1C analyzers

Thursday, Feb 20, 2020 at 10:30 AM

Said: : "We use both the Abbott Afinion 2 or Siemens DCA throughout our FM/IM clinics. Since our DCAs are older analyzers, as an office experiences issues with their DCA we replace it with the Afinion. 2 I performed a correlation study between t...

Bryan Robeson posted a reply on Re: Beta hydroxybutyrate at the Point-of-Care l...

Thursday, Feb 20, 2020 at 10:18 AM

Said: : "We have used the StatSite from EKF Diagnostics (formerly Stanbio) for several years now. Works well enough and compares pretty good to their liquid reagent which we run on Beckman AU5800 analyzer in the main lab. Only issue we have had i...