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Jo Win posted a new Topic

Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 at 3:22 PM

GEM 7000 Rounding Results for SO-B 2026 Horrible Luck

I just got my SO-B Blood Oximetry PT peer results back... I have the worst luck.

For our GEM 7000, hemoglobin is directly measured and hematocrit is calculated based on the hemoglobin result which is 3X the hemoglobin.

For SO-07 total hemoglobin results I got 7.1 g/dL.
The hematocrit result (21%) was copied directly from the GEM 7000 printout.
The lower acceptance limit is 21.01%.

Based on a <...

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Brandy Kenny posted a reply on Re: Heparin Issues with ACT testing - ISTAT and...

Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 at 3:15 PM

Said: Hello. We are currently investigating this in our system. I am on a joint project with our pharmacy. We haven't been able to isolate the issue to a brand/lot of heparin or an issue with a specific analyzer/lot of cartridges. We have fou...

Jolie Nevins posted a reply on Re: Heparin Issues with ACT testing - ISTAT and...

Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 at 3:13 PM

Said: We have been having issues as well with the istat ACTk cartridges. I had sent Abbott some info and they responded. Their report concluded that it was most likely the heparin. There were also some Xa results that were unexpected and our ...

Miranda Cotter posted a new Topic

Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 at 2:30 PM

Heparin Issues with ACT testing - ISTAT and Hemochron

Hi! I need some info on locations that have experienced the issue with patients receiving more heparin than usual to reach an ACT therapeutic dose. For example - a usual dose of 5,000 units now needs to be 20,000 units. We have attempted to bring in Pharmacy, but so far, they have not reported heparin issues. That said, I see a lot of information online about the challenges with the heparin supply. We use ISTAT ACT-K testing currently. We used to use Hemochron many years ago, but switche...

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Kim Gregory posted a reply on Re: RN's performing ISTAT competency assessment...

Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 at 8:15 AM

Said: Hi Rowena, It's a CMS change, not just a California regulation. If the RN doesn't have the education to qualify as a technical consultant, they cannot sign off on non-waived competencies. My understanding is that grandfathered staff can co...