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Said: I am a huge fan of the GEM 5000s. The main reason is that they run 5 levels of controls and calibration on a continuous basis (every 30 minutes to 24 hours). Because of this, twice per year linearity and an IQCP is not required. 

Said: I know this is not the answer to your question, but I work for Sight Dx and am happy to answer any questions you might have.  If you don't get enough feedback from this forum or if you have any additional questions, please feel fre...

Said: Hi Amanda,We don't report the PT.  We "old timers" remember when INR hadn't been created yet.  We reported the PT and the normal control so physicians could compare PTs done on different analyzers.  The PT's didn't ma...

Said: @Amanda POC devices will have differing methodologies than the lab counterparts. The goal is to evaluate the methods against the reference to understand those differences and how it can affect patient care. Ultimately the total clinical...

Said:  We run tons of capillary gases here in the main labs and these gases are only drawn by our phlebotomists. There are a lot of barriers here to transitioning collection of cap samples to RNs or RTs. So as long as we can maintain thi...