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Ronda Owen posted a reply on Re: Lab Assistant

Thursday, Jan 23, 2020 at 2:23 PM

Said: : "They run istats and ABGs on the ABL80s. The kit tests will be Sofia FluA&B, Quidel Strep and Quidel RSV to begin with. My email is Ronda.Owen@bswhealth.org if you need more information."

Jeff Bowman posted a reply on Re: waived molecular strep A tests

Thursday, Jan 23, 2020 at 1:21 PM

Said: : "Hi Tracy, Great questions. At this time the 3 main options you have for waived Strep A are: ID Now (Abbott) LIAT (ROCHE) Xpert "Express" (Cepheid) The pros and cons are typically (time to result, steps involved, specimen collection and s...

Cindy Engbert posted a reply on Re: Lab Assistant

Thursday, Jan 23, 2020 at 12:58 PM

Said: : "Thank you Ronda! What specific kit tests are you going to have them do? Do you currently have them doing any point of care testing?"

Ronda Owen posted a reply on Re: Lab Assistant

Thursday, Jan 23, 2020 at 12:24 PM

Said: : "Yes we have lab assistants called clinical lab techs and they are awesome. They process the specimens, perform ABGs, and we are going to start them on kit tests in Micro. They make a little bit more money than a Phleb and it is usually ...

Cindy Engbert posted a new Topic

Thursday, Jan 23, 2020 at 11:29 AM

Lab Assistant

: "Do any of your sites have a lab assistant? If so, what types of things are they expected to do? We are looking at creating this position in our lab, and wanted to see if this was a successful option for other sites.
Thank you,
Cindy"

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