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Patrine Lewis posted a reply on Re: Ideas to work smarter not harder in 2026!

Wednesday, May 27, 2026 at 10:25 AM

Said: In the Abbott i-STAT manual, there is a statement that says "The electronic simulator test will fail if high humidity interferes with the measurements. Therefore, it is not necessary to record humidity where the analyzers are in use". W...

Ashlee Byquist posted a new Topic

Wednesday, May 27, 2026 at 9:54 AM

Saliva drug testing

Anyone have any information on drug screen saliva controls? Trying to figure out a way to accomplish an alternative proficiency for saliva drug screen testing.

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Jo Win posted a reply on Re: CAL/VER on sampling of iSTATs or all?

Wednesday, May 27, 2026 at 9:47 AM

Said: I believe a sample would be sufficient as long as you show that you are rotating it amongst the devices on the unit. You can't just do a cal ver on only a select few. That is my understanding.

Ashley Albers posted a reply on Re: CAL/VER on sampling of iSTATs or all?

Friday, May 22, 2026 at 11:09 AM

Said: We do a sampling of our iSTAT fleet with each software update. We run multiple cartridge types.

Adelina Wright posted a reply on Re: CAL/VER on sampling of iSTATs or all?

Friday, May 22, 2026 at 9:08 AM

Said: Hi Chelley,My team only uses the iSTAT for waived Creatinine testing, but we perform cal/ver on each of our analyzers annually.