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Tara Slater posted a reply on Re: GEM 5000 monthly QC review
Monday, Jan 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Said: we use the reports in Gem Web Plus. Reports>IQM>All Reports> enter the month. to review.Gives you a nice little overview of the month.we review this each month to see if we have issues and it gives the corrected r...
Peggy Mann posted a reply on Re: BinaxNow covid antigen testing - swab trans...
Saturday, Jan 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Said: Agree, Patricia. The 'challenge' for POC Operators to carry out the training for the Binax Now antigen covid test seems to be that for the ID NOW swab collections for flu/strep/RSV, it was 'ok' for the swab, just as moist, to go back in...
Patricia Rauchholz, MT(ASCP), CPP posted a reply on Re: BinaxNow covid antigen testing - swab trans...
Saturday, Jan 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Said: We have not done any parallel testing but it just seems to me that putting a moist swab back in paper wouldn't be ideal. We have them put the swab in a sterile transport tube for no longer than 1 hour (usually only minutes). I ...
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Peggy Mann posted a new Topic
Friday, Jan 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
BinaxNow covid antigen testing - swab transport
Hello fellow listserv POC Pals who oversee compliance/manage POC Operators who perform BinaxNow covid antigen testing.
This question is just for curiosity. I'm not publishing, haven't done a study. We do use this product. We did train to not put the collected swab back into the original wrapper of the swab. 'Train' being the operative word.
Has anyone done parallel testing to see the effect of putting the swab back into the wrapper vs putting the swab in another vehicle to ...
This question is just for curiosity. I'm not publishing, haven't done a study. We do use this product. We did train to not put the collected swab back into the original wrapper of the swab. 'Train' being the operative word.
Has anyone done parallel testing to see the effect of putting the swab back into the wrapper vs putting the swab in another vehicle to ...
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