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Kristine Zinn posted a new Topic

Monday, Mar 23, 2026 at 5:04 PM

Blood Gas/Chem POC devices

Hey All,
What are your preferences for POC blood gas/chemistry analyzers? How do you manage reduced portability of things like GEMS or ABLs in busy EDs or part of Rapid Responses? Are there handheld options outside of iSTAT or EPOC?

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James Beck posted a new Topic

Monday, Mar 23, 2026 at 4:26 PM

Epic-Beaker Venous Draw Requests for Unsolicited Orders

We are a large hospital system that has been in the process of converting to an Epic-Beaker platform, from a Cerner-Sunquest platform. All interfaced POC tests are structured as unsolicited orders, with Telcor QML as our middleware. Our current struggle is getting the venous draw requests for these tests to populate the mobile devices (Rover) that are typically manned by a lab phlebotomy team, given that lab phlebotomy staff are not typically set up to view orders or t...

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Jessica Jenkins posted a new Topic

Monday, Mar 23, 2026 at 4:18 PM

Blood Gas syringe Heparin concentration

I work in a pediatric hospital and we are also experiencing the blood gas syringe backorder. We currently use 1 mL syringes with 7 IU/mL of heparin. I am curious what concentration of heparin and what size of syringes other hospitals are using for their blood gas collections.

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Angela Barbetta posted a reply on Re: ID NOW or Cepheid

Monday, Mar 23, 2026 at 2:30 PM

Said: Something else to consider is that ID Now uses isothermic amplification which has been shown to be significantly less accurate when testing samples with lower viral loads. Additionally, if you are using the Cepheid Xpress, you should ha...

Dena Heckel posted a reply on Re: Point-of-Care Beta-Hydroxybutyrate Testing ...

Monday, Mar 23, 2026 at 11:00 AM

Said: We started using the EKF STAT-Site WB Ketone meter. It is easy to use - the only complaint I have from care teams is that it requires QC weekly.Whole Blo...