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Ashlee Byquist posted a new Topic
Wednesday, Feb 18, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Abaxis Piccolo
Does any one use the Abaxis Piccolo and seem to have trouble with the level one control not reporting out the Sodium? It seems we have this same issue every month that we run it. We try to open new bottles, get a new lot of QC, and sometimes order new QC from company. We can get it to come in most of the time after a lot of troubleshooting and repeats, but I just don't understand why we have so much trouble with it every time. Level 2 always seems to pass just fine. All other parameters ...
Matthew Thomas has joined the group.
Wednesday, Feb 18, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Matthew is Point of Care Testing Coordinator works at Hartford Hospital
Amanda Casavant posted a reply on Re: Reference Ranges - ABL90
Wednesday, Feb 18, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Said: Hi HeatherIt is really difficult to validate blood gas reference ranges. When our organization switched blood gas analyzers, we looked at the "new" ranges (ABG and VBG) vs our established ranges and did a literature review. There wa...
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Wednesday, Feb 18, 2026 at 11:51 AM
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Heather Matalka posted a new Topic
Wednesday, Feb 18, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Reference Ranges - ABL90
Hi all,
For other hospitals with Radiometer's ABL90, how do you handle reference ranges (finding literature and in house verification) for more difficult sample types such as capillary for oximetry values and pO2 for venous blood?
For other hospitals with Radiometer's ABL90, how do you handle reference ranges (finding literature and in house verification) for more difficult sample types such as capillary for oximetry values and pO2 for venous blood?
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