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Shaquetta Mcrae joined the group.

Monday, Feb 17, 2020 at 4:33 PM

Shaquetta is POCT Consultant works at Cone Health

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Valerie Bywater joined the group.

Monday, Feb 17, 2020 at 2:05 PM

Valerie is Medical Technologist, POC works at Slidell Memorial Hospital

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Kathleen David posted a reply on Re: Temperature and Humidity Monitoring for Cli...

Monday, Feb 17, 2020 at 1:33 PM

Said: : "We use the ambient values. In NM, we have a problem with low humidity, not so much with temperature within the hospital units and clinics. When the humidity falls below 18%, the operators need to send the specimens to the lab. I don't thi...

Sylvia Lowery posted a reply on Re: Temperature and Humidity Monitoring for Cli...

Monday, Feb 17, 2020 at 1:13 PM

Said: : "In the operators manual there are two sets of Temperature and Humidity values. Ambient: Temp: 18 - 30 c (64 - 86f) Humidity: 18% - 80% Optimum: Temp: 22 - 26c (72 - 79f) **If temp is less than 22c affects Urobilinogen and Leukocytes by ...

Chris Caron posted a new Topic

Monday, Feb 17, 2020 at 12:47 PM

Vaginal Wet Prep swab. Dacron vs cotton

: "I am going through some of our older procedures. Our vaginal Wet Prep procedure requires the use of Dacron swab only. I know cotton can absorb too much, or leave fibers and Dacron is best for other specimen collections like herpes. Is there another reason out there that providers could not use cotton swabs for vag wet prep testing?
Thank you!"

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