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Said: We currently have Abbott meters; hope we don't hear that message!  For Nova, how do you all manage dating the vials with the 90 day expire?

Said: We use the ABL90s.  We just switched last year from the 80 co-ox to the 90.  They work well, the only issues we have are mainly user errors like moving the instrument but not plugging it back in...eye roll lol.  They do a...

Said: We are a 500-bed hospital with both inpatient and clinic collection locations. We use a combination of both observed and written tests. The intention of the observation is to ensure that staff are actually doing what they say is being d...

Said: I agree @James and was hoping some of you had some more input. I just started the study and I am waiting to hear back from two Cath labs that replaced their Avox and Hemochron for I-STAT because I had a lot of questions and concerns. If...

Said: @Jennifer - considering that the AVOX reports oxyhemoglobin (O2Hb, not sO2) and the iSTAT can only report a calculated sO2 result (not the same test) - I am curious how you can say they are correlating?  It may appear that they are...