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Michelle Cheslock posted a reply on (DELETED) Re: Glucometer Test Strip/QC Dating
Friday, Apr 24, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Said: Our hospital system has its own website specifically for labels, so I don't know if this link (Label, Date Opened / Opened Exp. Date - Lamin...
Kaelynn Long posted a new Topic
Friday, Apr 24, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Abbott Afinion 2 issues after RALS upgrade.
We recently upgraded RALS to 8.6.1 and within a few days started receiving calls that the Afinion 2 devices were "frozen". Upon further investigation, we are seeing that they are completely frozen, but the patient test, qc test, and power button lose functionality, door won't open. You can still log in and tap around to the other screens and even make changes to the config. To fix this we have to pull the power cord to do a hard reboot of the instrument. Then within 24-48 hours it falls ...
Angie Yost posted a reply on Re: HMS+ ACT >999 reporting
Friday, Apr 24, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Said: I was finally able to get RALS to fix this. No more Enter/Edit tests! Thanks everyone!
Kaelynn Long posted a reply on Re: HMS+ ACT >999 reporting
Friday, Apr 24, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Said: If RALS is saying "No Value" or giving a "---" in the result field. Ask them to pull the message and see if anywhere it says "out of range high" or anything unique that comes in the message of those that are >999. Then ask the RALS i...
Matthew Thomas posted a reply on Re: Abbott ACT cartridge shortage
Friday, Apr 24, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Said: Hi Angie - we had orders for both Celite and Kaolin pending and we received our Celite shipment in full. This was a few weeks ago before the issue was brought to light, so I'm not sure if the ACT-C is affected as severely as the K...
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