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Malaika Njambi posted a new Topic

Wednesday, Oct 9, 2024 at 1:32 PM

TCA Testing

Good afternoon!
Could you all please share TCA testing option that are available on the market, whether blood or urine? All suggestions are welcome

Thank you.

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Ashley Kopp posted a reply on Re: Storage of Lancets and Glucose Strips

Wednesday, Oct 9, 2024 at 10:39 AM

Said: At my sites we do not lock up strips or lancets. As per disposal, for those patients on isolation these may be disposed in the sharps containers.

Kayla Cooper posted a reply on Re: Storage of Lancets and Glucose Strips

Wednesday, Oct 9, 2024 at 8:04 AM

Said: We do not lock up our strips or dispose of strips in the sharps because it is not really a "sharps". Yes, it can puncture a bag, but then so can pens and pieces of cardboard. There is such a small volume of sample in each strip...to my ...

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Brittany Paxson posted a new Topic

Tuesday, Oct 8, 2024 at 4:16 PM

Storage of Lancets and Glucose Strips

I apologize if this topic has been covered, I found a discussion of similar interest but it didn't answer my questions.

Our compliance team is preparing for TJC inspection and are questioning why lancets were in unlocked cabinets and if they counted as sharps. Our answer was immediately yes and they should follow policy for sharps storage.
Their follow-up question was "if strips need to be disposed of in a sharps container, why are they...

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