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Said: : "The radiology tech collects a venous sample in a lithium heparin tube. We have single-drop dispensers that attach to the tops of vacutainers. They are used to fill the cartridges (also used here to dispense blood for manual diffs). Below ...

Said: : "A hospital in our system was recently cited for this by CAP. We are currently working on a way to verify manually entered results in the HIS - perhaps a pop up window??? James - that is a very interesting way to interpret that checkli...

Said: : "For the people who use istat waived creatinine for MRI, rad, etc- what is your process for collection? I know it needs to be collected in a vacutainer tube but what collection devices do you use to get the blood to tube and then from tube...

Said: : "Hi Silka, No, you're not having a brain cramp, as we struggled with this issue too . We too have an elaborate process in our lab about verifying manual entries; second tech checks entries (though it's AFTER the results are entered), th...

Said: : "Is this plastic tube approved for use by the vendor?"