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Said: I am piggy backing to Autilia's response. We had Werfen come out and they completed the whole validation testing for us and even inputted the data into EP Evaluator and printed them off for our medical director to perform. I was pretty ...

Said: We bought the GEM 7000 for our NICU off site location. Our rep assures us that we don't have to worry about the FDA recall. But maybe that was just salesman talk. I'm hoping the addition of the hemolysis index to testing will keep the F...

Said: I would highly recommend reaching out to Werfen and having one of their support folks help, or, better yet, come on-site to assist.

Said: Jeremy, Honestly, we did not compare capillary or cord samples during the validation since it is difficult to get samples and most likely they comparison results most likely will not meet our allowable acceptance criteria. ...

Said: Fredalene,I would say “Yes” to your question.My reasoning is that the sample type—particularly venous/arterial versus capillary—may affect how the analyzer processes the sample. We conducted a similar study within ...