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Said: We have them routed through RALS and overseen by POC mostly as a courtesy. They work OK, there's periodic issues with the device connecting to the Drager software (which is only available on CD lol). Honestly, I need to re-assess how we...

Said: We compare using the CLIA total allowable errors and drop the QC in EP Evaluator. 

Said: Kim, our inspectors told me that the EVAS P/F was not acceptable as our facility needs to come up with a specific criteria that the i-STATS should compare, such as 2% variance.

Said: Erica, this is in relation to the i-STATs. Were use the QCC but not for every single i-STAT. I think it may be better to go the route of QCs! We use a mix of Coag + Chemistry + Blood Gas catridges.

Said: For those of you using iSTAT QC--same lot QC/cartridges, are you just saying that if all compared iSTATs passed QC (using eVAS) then comparison OK, or are you putting any tighter limit of acceptable comparison?