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Kim Ballister posted a reply on Re: i-STAT in the ED

Thursday, Jul 25, 2019 at 4:40 PM

Said: : "Thanks James, what is your time period to do a patient and QC? What is your 1 QC--liquid or simulator? Kim"

Silka Clark posted a reply on Re: Managing iSTAT QC

Thursday, Jul 25, 2019 at 4:37 PM

Said: : "Hi Adonica! We have about 850 iSTAT operators. I have two full time POC Coordinators that do the heavy lifting as far as competency assessment goes, but we have a really good thing going here with our nursing leaders. As part of the nursi...

James Beck posted a reply on Re: i-STAT in the ED

Thursday, Jul 25, 2019 at 4:17 PM

Said: : "How many staff are trained? - approx. 80 Which staff is trained--RN, EMT, NT ED tech--do you allow PRN staff - usually no on casual pool/PRN staff, all but EMT are trained Do you set a competency number for testing---ex. do you require ...

Kim Ballister posted a new Topic

Thursday, Jul 25, 2019 at 3:30 PM

i-STAT in the ED

: "We are a heavy user of I-STAT in our 4 hospital ED's. We have created a work flow system that has worked us for the last 18 years but now we are being challenged by nursing to do things differently. We feel like our current system keeps us in CAP compliance and most importantly gives quality lab results. I would like to hear how others handle ..."

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Adonica Wilson posted a reply on Re: Managing iSTAT QC

Thursday, Jul 25, 2019 at 1:22 PM

Said: : "Hi Silka, This question is a little off topic but since you have a lot of Istat I wanted to know what do you require your operators to do for their mod competency? How many Istat operators do you have? I'm always looking for ways to rev...