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Said: Oh wow.  Yes, I remember those days when all regulatory required those elements even for waived testing.  Certainly a struggle with physician users.  If you can't achieve compliance under your oversight, I would consider ...

Said: Hi James, Thank you for your feedback. We previously followed the same process for competency assessments. However, about three years ago, we updated our waived testing competency assessments to align with California Title 17 r...

Said: Hi Danni,  We are a large health system where physicians also perform this test.  We opt to have physicians participate in an annual electronic learning module which walks them through the procedure and also includes a qui...

Said: Oh! I was reading that as though the new bottle opened was a new lot - sorry, I'm on the same page now. Not sure how you could track that. Our facility's policy is to QC new lots or new shipments received, and then once every 24 hours.&...

Said: Nova also has the 24 hour lockout when QC is not performed.  My hospital policy states that QC is performed every 24 hours AND when a new bottle of strips is opened at any time throughout the day.