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Sue Allen posted a reply on Re: Laboratory Refrigerators

Friday, Feb 26, 2016 at 9:22 AM

Said: : "If there is such a standard I am unaware, because we store 7 days of patient samples in the fridge with our QC supplies. I believe that is an acceptable practice."

John Cuellar posted a new Topic

Friday, Feb 26, 2016 at 9:18 AM

Laboratory Refrigerators

: "Good afternoon, might anyone know if laboratory reagents (quality control) be stored in the same refrigerator as patient specimens? Is there a standard out there that might state that we can or cannot store them together? All I found
was that patient samples could not be stored along with food. If anyone knows where I can look up this sta..."

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Amber Meador - Bailey posted a reply on Re: Troponin Comparsion

Thursday, Feb 25, 2016 at 1:59 PM

Said: : "Dee Dee~ I pull 5 plasma samples and one whole blood/green top that comes to main lab. I rerun plasma samples for better correlation. I also perform this around the CLEW updates. Works well. Thanks, Amber"

renee mullen posted a reply on Re: Troponin Comparsion

Thursday, Feb 25, 2016 at 1:55 PM

Said: : "Dee Dee At St Mary's Janesville, We discontinued i-stat troponins due to the confusion between methods and ranges with the providers; but when we did use the i-stat troponins we compared by drawing an extra tube on the same patient and ru...

Carrie Bell posted a reply on Re: Troponin Comparsion

Thursday, Feb 25, 2016 at 1:50 PM

Said: : "Dee Dee, Even though our POC CLIA is separate from the Main Lab, we perform 5 patient comparisons to the Main Lab twice per year. We time these with the CLEW updates. Staff in the ED perform a Calibration Verification and run 5 samples ...