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Hi All, 

We are in the beginning stages of putting an i-Stat in our nursery for blood gases.  What brand of capillary tube does everyone use for i-Stat testing?  

Looking at what we can do to work smarter in 2026, our program continues to grow with requests and 3 of us keep up with 4 hospitals, 2 med centers and trying to work with about 150 ambulatory sites!!! Hospitals and med centers are under CAP--non waived testing. Also trying to reduce costs!!
What are you doing for:
1--Work up of a replacement analyzer from Abbott iSTAT
2-New lot of iSTAT QC (tri level and ACT), do you run it with a designated lot of cartridge and the old lot of Q...