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charmi sakhvala posted a reply on Re: External iSTAT Liquid QC frequency
Wednesday, Mar 4, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Said: Hello Andy, You can check with you lab or hospital accreditation requirements when manufacture does not have define criteria for liquid QC.We are accredited by CAP and we follow below requirements for iSTAT liquid quality c...
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Temp and Humidity Monitoring
How is everyone managing temp and humidity monitoring and review for a large number of locations? We are an Academic Medical Center with 10 Inpatient facilities and 100+ associated ambulatory locations.
External iSTAT Liquid QC frequency
Hi everyone,
I wanted know how everyone's liquid QC is set up for their iSTAT. The cartridges we use here are CG4, CG8, & ACT - we QC every shipment, every lot. Then every lot monthly.
I checked the IFU's and confirmed with our Abbott that there is nothing from them that says we have to QC monthly after our initial QC.
I would like to transition to running liquid controls on each cartridge type, but not every lot we have in the hospital.
Or is everyone here still ...
I wanted know how everyone's liquid QC is set up for their iSTAT. The cartridges we use here are CG4, CG8, & ACT - we QC every shipment, every lot. Then every lot monthly.
I checked the IFU's and confirmed with our Abbott that there is nothing from them that says we have to QC monthly after our initial QC.
I would like to transition to running liquid controls on each cartridge type, but not every lot we have in the hospital.
Or is everyone here still ...
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