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Said: We also assess each year what we will monitor based on repeat issues or offenders. Currently, we monitor Invalid Patient ID's for Accu-chek and i-STAT scanned by users. We also monitor i-STAT Quality Check codes/errors by operator and u...

Said: Good question lol.   I don't have a specific ratio, I just eyeball it really.  Once I know the original result, I add 5-6 drops of cal ver at a time and test. It can get tedious and messy.  I pipette the blood into a smal...

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...

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 ...

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.