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Said: : "We are in the process of trying to separate our ISTAT operators into waived and non-waived so we can set waived to auto-recertify using TELCOR. Do any of you have your ISTAT operators split like this in TELCOR? We are still in the specime...

Said: : "I will add, that iSTAT is not widely used in our ED, but it is very widely used everywhere else in our organization. Our facility performs about 5,000 iSTAT cartridges per month (CG8+, CG4+, G3+, CHEM8+, and ACTk). I think it is a peds th...

Said: : "Same time period as competency assessment is due - initial, 6-month, annual. Since there's a direct observation requirement anyway, I'm accomplishing 2 things. For mod complex, I insist on 1 liquid QC per period. I do not for waived-onl...

Said: : "Hi Kim, I will answer for our main hospital, which is a pediatric Level 1 Trauma center. We also have 6 smaller free standing ED's and the same would be true as below other than their volumes. How many staff are trained? 130 Which staff ...

Said: : "How many staff are trained? - 77 Which staff is trained--RN, EMT, NT ED tech--do you allow PRN staff - RN's only Do you set a competency number for testing---ex. do you require x number of tests per time period - competency include an o...