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Jo Win posted a reply on Re: New Analyzer Verification of Accuracy and S...

Tuesday, Jan 20, 2026 at 2:02 PM

Said: @Shaneece , I was thinking of doing the same but was concerned with altering the matrix. What is a good ratio of cal ver material to blood do you use? I'm actually doing that experiment today to figure out if it is feasible. Thank you S...

Patricia Rauchholz, MT(ASCP), CPP posted a reply on Re: Provider Performed Microscopy

Tuesday, Jan 20, 2026 at 1:58 PM

Said: I am happy to rejoin this conversation and say that I am now able to pull Fern Testing from the providers after a CAP inspection gave me ammunition with several deficiencies cited. However, the concession was that we still provide Fern ...

SHANEECE NORRIS posted a reply on Re: New Analyzer Verification of Accuracy and S...

Tuesday, Jan 20, 2026 at 1:58 PM

Said: I usually spike the blood with cal ver material, then run it on both devices. For clotting time, we pool patient samples and either add calcium chloride or heparin depending on what value we need.

SHANEECE NORRIS posted a reply on Re: Quality Assurance Monitoring for POCT

Tuesday, Jan 20, 2026 at 1:53 PM

Said: Critical result documentation, Invalid patient IDs, Clean meter documentation (Accuchek), Error code rate (istat), QC failures not repeated. I send out a monthly QA report to the unit manager, if a unit falls below 97% compliance....

Diane Cauteruccio posted a new Topic

Tuesday, Jan 20, 2026 at 12:27 PM