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Said: : "We run 2 levels here: levels 1 and 3."

Said: : "I have been seeing more code 31's on Chem8 lot H17148- the lot previous to H17072. This was during revalidation of ER and Cath Lab i-Stats for a new facility. I was the only operator but I have done my share of validations, so I don't t...

Said: : "I've been seeing more code 31s with the Chem8 cartridge (about 7% of tests vs. around 1% on previous lots). It seemed to be the lot because it was happening across operators and devices. I sent the lot (H17072) in to Abbott for investigat...

Said: : "We think is G3 since we're seeing it in areas that don't use CG4, and seems to be widespread, not just one location, which would more likely be G3 as they're used hospital wide. However I do see a few in Imaging/Creatinine areas. And I a...

Said: : "Is this G3 or CG4? We get a lot of these but we do so many it's difficult to judge what are operator error and what may be cartridge issues. However, we had to pull a couple of hundred creatinine cartridges that were giving unable to po...