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James Beck posted a reply on Re: Blind sample material for competency on GH1...
Wednesday, Apr 10, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Said: CAP PT would definitely be more expensive than just buying DirectChek QC, close to $300 probably. And that is for only 3 vials twice a year. A box of 15 QC is far less, but still not a great idea to use for competency. ...
Athena Gordan posted a reply on Re: Blind sample material for competency on GH1...
Wednesday, Apr 10, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Said: Hi Ashlee,We are also beta-validating the GH100. After reading your post, I called CAP to see if they have any PT material that would be less expensive than using controls. They emailed me their CT3 ACT Survey material ins...
James Beck posted a reply on Re: Blind sample material for competency on GH1...
Wednesday, Apr 10, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Said: yes, using DirectChek QC would not be the way to go. What I have done in the past for competency samples is to use the "recipe" that has been around for adulterating citrated blood so it is a more realistic sample for testing.&nbs...
Ashlee Holland posted a new Topic
Wednesday, Apr 10, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Blind sample material for competency on GH100 ACT-LR
We just recently got the GH100 devices and are using them for ACT-LR testing. We are still in the process of validating but just looking ahead...what does everyone use for blind samples for competency with these instruments? We have around 75 employees who will be performing this testing. With our previous instrumentation we used liquid QC for blind samples, however, I really don't want to use controls for the GH100s because of 1. the technique required for recons...
Abby Shepherd posted a reply on Re: iSTAT PT Plus transition
Wednesday, Apr 10, 2024 at 10:41 AM
Said: Good Morning,We are also experiencing the issue of the new ISTAT PT Plus cartridge not correlating with main lab. We use the ACL Top in the main lab. We have been collecting venous samples in a plastic syringe, dosing cartridge imme...
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