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Adil Khan posted a reply on Re: Blood gas syringe back order - pediatrics/NICU

Saturday, Jun 27, 2026 at 1:51 AM

Said: Hi Danielle, Radiometer has 0.3 to 1.5ml syringes that you could try. Adil ---- Adil I. Khan MSc PhD Professor of Pathology Medical Director, Point-of-Care Testing Medical Director, Clinical Chemistry Temple University Health System Dep...

Kim Ballister posted a reply on Re: iSTAT ACT issues

Friday, Jun 26, 2026 at 3:44 PM

Said: Just checking in with everyone, we are still having issues with subtherapeutic values. Abbott has not given any solutions other than they are looking into it. We have asked pharmacy to look into the heparin manufacturer. Is anyone...

Brittany Behrendt posted a reply on Re: Blood gas syringe back order - pediatrics/NICU

Friday, Jun 26, 2026 at 11:44 AM

Said: We went with the icu medical portex line draw 3 mL syringes until the backorder is resolved.

Erica Lowery posted a new Topic

Friday, Jun 26, 2026 at 10:16 AM

POC PT/INR finger stick

Hello!

Does anyone use the CoaguChek system or iSTAT for PT/INR for inpatients to monitor Warfarin therapy? Specifically patients with central lines? I had a question from the hospital Medical Director regarding using finger stick samples for PT/INR to monitor Warfarin therapy instead of doing it via the central line.
Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
We currently use the CoaguChek in our Anti-Coagulation Clinic and have iSTATs (but don't use the PT cartridge).

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Danielle Ennis posted a new Topic

Thursday, Jun 25, 2026 at 9:16 AM

Blood gas syringe back order - pediatrics/NICU

Hi everyone, just checking in on any creative solutions for the blood gas syringe back order for pediatrics and NICU. We were using the ICU medical 1 mL syringes, but they seem to still be on back order. We frequently need to pull from an arterial line in the NICU and the LineDraw 1ml syringes have been working so well with 0.3 mLs. We haven't been able to draw that small of a volume with any of the alternative syringes. Any great solutions out there?

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