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Said: : "There is a fine balance between adequately mixing the vial and taking TOO much time mixing it so that it has already begun the clotting process without even being in the cuvette yet. That will give out of range low values. Generally I ...

Said: : "Gayle, What is your exact procedure for preparing the QC vials? When our Operators use the procedure on the Accriva website we have a lot of low out values. If I tell them to shake the dickens out of it for 15 seconds it will pass every t...

Said: : "I agree with James. We do not limit the number of tries. But this test is so operator dependent that one could have 10 different staff running the same QC and get 10 very different results!! We have very specific steps (especially for ...

Said: : "they are locked out for any QC failure if overdue, but I do not limit the amount of times they can try. As others have said, it is so technique-dependent that until they get it down, there are going to be failures - usually lots of them....

Said: : "3 Kompan (Opal) Hallman, MBA, CLS (ASCP)Area Laboratory Manager / POCT CoordinatorRiverside Medical Center & Moreno Valley Medical Center AreasPhone: 951-251-6152 or Tie line 8-299-6152Fax: 951-251-6151 Kompan.Hallman@kp.org"