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Maral Ebrahimi posted a new Topic

Wednesday, Mar 18, 2026 at 9:28 AM

Non-blood testing on iSTAT

Hello everyone,
I am about to venture into something unique that has not been done before to my knowledge. Our transplant and perfusion team has approached us to help them validate CG8 & CG4 cartridges on the iSTAT for liver bile while in the liver is in between bodies!! They will be checking the viability of the organ for Glucose, lactate, and pH. The interesting part is that there is no FDA, CAP nor CLIA guidelines on this matter.
So my question is... help me wr...

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Ren Bage posted a new Topic

Wednesday, Mar 18, 2026 at 9:21 AM

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Our facility was site for not comparing all of our POC instruments and only using a subset. Does anyone have a template they could share with me on how their site is handling this? I think I have an idea of how to make it possible but not sure what it would look like?

Thanks!

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Don Tran posted a reply on Re: Atago PAL-10S Digital Refractometer for Uri...

Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 at 1:58 PM

Said: You can continue using your saline solutions for daily QC. We are using Quantimetrix Dropper QC 1 & 2 and DI water for zeroing. As for the annual calibration, we are using SVT Specific Gravity Calibrators at 1.005 &...

Max Mauch posted a reply on Re: Point-of-Care Beta-Hydroxybutyrate Testing ...

Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 at 10:10 AM

Said: We used the abbott precision xtra bhb in the past (easy to use) but moved testing to our bench analyzer due to high strip cost and the need to QC each box of test strips.

Max Mauch posted a reply on Re: ID NOW or Cepheid

Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 at 10:07 AM

Said: ID NOW. Easy to train users, easy to use. No complaints from staff.