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Kristine Zinn posted a reply on Re: iSTAT ACT issues

Thursday, Apr 16, 2026 at 1:28 PM

Said: So Sorry Miranda! I meant to post that in another iSTAT thread. The perils of multitasking! No, we do not do AMR verification q 6m, only on new and replacement analyzers.

Anastasia Augustine posted a new Topic

Thursday, Apr 16, 2026 at 1:25 PM

Antigen Flu testing and non-respiratory season

Does anyone have a protocol for Influenza AB testing outside of typical respiratory season (October- April)? Do you have any limits on ordering when the prevalence is low in the community?

Thanks,

Anastasia

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Lisa Hoke posted a reply on Re: No iSTAT Calibration Verification

Thursday, Apr 16, 2026 at 12:40 PM

Said: For CAP POC.08300 Recalibration/Calibration Verification Criteria, there is a comment under the notes that states "Single use devices, and other test devices that do not allow user calibration, do not require calibration verification."&...

Kim Ballister posted a reply on Re: iSTAT ACT issues

Thursday, Apr 16, 2026 at 12:39 PM

Said: We also use Hemochron Sig for our perfusion group, everyone else uses iSTAT. The hemochron and iSTAT are not interchangeable results, you need to establish new targets--they are different methodologies, and have to 2 different types of ...

Miranda Cotter posted a reply on Re: iSTAT ACT issues

Thursday, Apr 16, 2026 at 12:13 PM

Said: I agree also Kim! This issue comes up now and then for us as well. We use ISTAT ACT for our ACT testing, except in Perfusion where they use a Medtronic. Those are going to be phased out though. Providers have repeatedly asked for the He...