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Ashlee Holland posted a new Topic

Monday, Mar 2, 2026 at 2:44 PM

GEM 5000 vs Lab Sysmex XN Hemoglobin

I'm just trying to help out our respiratory department by inquiring about this topic. They use the GEM 5000 instruments and are doing semi-annual comparisons between them and our lab instrumentation. We are seeing fairly large differences in the Hemoglobin results between the GEMs and the Sysmex. GEM 5000 proficiency samples look great for Hemoglobin, as well as the Sysmex proficiency Hemoglobin results, they just don't compare well to each other. What are other f...

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Erin Levingston posted a reply on Re: Subtherapeutic ACT values after standard he...

Monday, Mar 2, 2026 at 11:59 AM

Said: Hi all! Same issues over here. I've opened 13 incidents with Abbott very recently for lots 436R252770181 (Cartridge ACT-K) and 436R253191181 (Cartridge ACT-K). We are using heparin lot G1050143 by Sagent and CT02...

Brittany Peavler posted a reply on Re: Pediatric ECMO Prime Gas

Friday, Feb 27, 2026 at 9:23 AM

Said: Hi! Our perfusion teams use the prime gas (circuit gas) function on our GEMs. We have a special sample type that they can select on the GEMs when these gases are performed. The way we have it built in our LIS system is that...

Brittany Behrendt posted a reply on Re: Pediatric ECMO Prime Gas

Friday, Feb 27, 2026 at 9:09 AM

Said: Yes, at our facility, they do a prime sample when initiating the pumps. We have Telcor and are switching from Sunquest to Epic in the fall. We have Telcor set up to receive pump arterial or venous samples if selected. Telcor sends that ...

Jeremy MacDonald posted a reply on Re: Pediatric ECMO Prime Gas

Friday, Feb 27, 2026 at 9:09 AM

Said: To answer your question,Yes, staff perform priming testing in both Ecmo and CVOR circulatory pumps using the POC analyzers. This testing is done on the fluid prior to the patient blood being introduced... so it's NOT repre...