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Kim Ballister posted a new Topic

Thursday, Mar 12, 2026 at 1:32 PM

ID NOW or Cepheid

Our family practice groups are wanting to move from antigen testing to ID NOW or Cepheid GeneXpert Xpress. These are CLIA waived offices with CMA's and RN's performing the test. Manual entry into Epic, testing for Strep A, Flu, Covid and RSV.
What is your preferred platform and why?
Thanks
Kim

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Erika Deaton-Mohney BS, MT(ASCP), CPP posted a reply on Re: Point of Care PTH testing

Thursday, Mar 12, 2026 at 9:49 AM

Said: We do this test at POC and have since 2012. We have used two different instruments, with our newest to go live later this month. There are no FDA approve PTH testing that is very POC. All of the FDA devices are lab like and require a bi...

Teresa Payne posted a new Topic

Wednesday, Mar 11, 2026 at 8:49 PM

Nova Lactate Meters vs. GEM5000

We are considering a standalone lactate meter so that we can expedite results in alignment with our sepsis protocol. Has anyone run a method comparison between the Nova Lactate meters and the GEM5000 that is willing to share how they compare?

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Michelle Staubs posted a reply on Re: Cholestech LDX QC Backorder Alternatives an...

Wednesday, Mar 11, 2026 at 1:47 PM

Said: We are experiencing this issue with cassette lot 447122 and 442464, QC lot 902973640. We are experiencing QC failures with Glucose specifically. I have reported the issue to Abbott and have not heard back yet. In the meantime, we will n...

Adelina Wright posted a reply on Re: Drager JM105

Wednesday, Mar 11, 2026 at 11:48 AM

Said: We currently use the Drager JM-105 at our hospital and the outlying community clinics with pediatrics. Our POC team does oversee even though it's not CLIA regulated. We connect through RALS at this time.