i-STAT Testing
Anyone one have any feedback on correlations between i-STAT (CG8+ Cartridge) Testing performed in the NICU versus their Laboratory Blood gas machines?
Thank you,
Antonette Aguirre, MT (ASCP-CM)
POCT Specialist
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital
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We have been using the CG8 in the NICU for at least 6 years without issue. Correlations are pretty good against Blood gas analyzer. (We sometimes have trouble with Ionized Calcium passing 6-month correlations but it is rare.)
Sonya Evans, MT(ASCP)
Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital
701 Grove Road
Greenville, SC 29605
sonya.evans@prismahealth.org
864-455-4494
What is your TEA for Ionized Calcium at your facility?
I also am interested in what your TEA is for I-STAT iCa, and how you came to decide on it. If I calculate my 3SD for correlation to our AVL iCa I have a consistent negative bias.
I use 2.1% from Data Innovations TEA chart.
http://www.datainnovations.com/allowable-total-error-table