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Jennifer Kangas posted a new Topic

Friday, Nov 11, 2016 at 3:44 PM

Radiometer ABL90 and end-users

: "To those who use the ABL90s, do any of you train nursing staff to perform testing on them? Our lab is decentralizing blood gases, so I'm curious as to how other facilities have implemented them. I welcome good and bad experiences.
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Jennifer Kangas posted a reply on Re: Definition of Critically Ill Patients

Friday, Nov 11, 2016 at 3:37 PM

Said: : "Our facility's definition of critically-ill for blood glucose monitoring is any patient with a mean arterial pressure 60mmHg despite the use of vasopressors. We also teach to not use a capillary sample from any patient with peripheral fl...

Jennifer Kangas joined the group.

Friday, Nov 11, 2016 at 3:29 PM

Jennifer is POCT Manager works at Wellstar MCG Health

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Debra Howard posted a reply on Re: Definition of Critically Ill Patients

Friday, Nov 11, 2016 at 12:13 PM

Said: : "I attended a webinar by James Nichols from Vanderbilt. The way I understand it, they classify critically ill patients as those that fall within the limitation parameters on the device's package insert/manual."

Kelley Cohen posted a reply on Re: Definition of Critically Ill Patients

Friday, Nov 11, 2016 at 11:09 AM

Said: : "Capillary whole blood specimens (fingerstick) should NOT be used in "critically ill"patients receiving intensive medical intervention/therapy because of the potential for pre-analytical collection error and specifically in patients with d...