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Miranda Cotter posted a reply on Re: i-STAT in NICU?

Monday, Apr 13, 2026 at 3:41 PM

Said: We do not use the ISTAT in the NICU because of the capillary issue. We are moving forward with EPOC. For the time being, we use GEM.

Mary Garcia posted a reply on Re: i-STAT in NICU?

Monday, Apr 13, 2026 at 2:51 PM

Said: The latest Urgent Medical Device Correction from Abbott is below from Aug 2025.

Adil Khan posted a reply on Re: i-STAT in NICU?

Monday, Apr 13, 2026 at 2:39 PM

Said: Hi Tersa, If this cartridge is not FDA approved for capillary samples then if you are joint commission or CAP accredited it would make it an LDT, meaning you need to do interference testing, ie full validation not verification etc. The cl...

Andries Sigtenhorst posted a reply on Re: i-STAT in NICU?

Monday, Apr 13, 2026 at 2:28 PM

Said: Knowing that there are multiple interpretations, caveats, and such, I decided to ask my friend Copilot to do a little research for me. I asked "Is the Abbott i-STAT Chem 8 cartridge cleared for use with capillary whole blood?

Mary Garcia posted a reply on Re: i-STAT in NICU?

Monday, Apr 13, 2026 at 2:09 PM

Said: We are validating an ISTAT blood gas cartridge for the NICU and plan to block K and iCa for testing. I discussed this issue with capillary testing and faculty was acceptable with the recommendation.