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Said: : "copy for me too please! deatone@bronsonhg.org Thanks soooo much! Erika Deaton-Mohney"

Said: : "A new rule says that negative results from pediatric patients must be confirmed by a laboratory method.  If you test patients under 18, then you cannot eliminate the lab culture."

Said: : "For those who have the nova stat glucose meter and use RALS for monitoring annual competency, what is your practice? We auto-recertify if the test operator successfully performs both levels of QC and 1 patient within 90 days of their due ...

Said: : "It is time to replace devices and our affiliated sister hospitals use I-Stat so I leaned toward standardization. But, I read a lot, talked with other users, and communicated with physicians."

Said: : "Hi all, A general comment going back to Don's 'it's up to the lab' comment. I think this is especially important to keep in mind in reading any comment about training, competency, competency assessment. A lot of us totally go by accredita...