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Just wondering are there any other respiratory therapist that are POCC at their facility? Also does anyone else's facility have 2 CLIA/CAP numbers? Our pulmonary lab and our regular lab are considered 2 separate labs. We run ABGs, Co-ox, and pleural pHs in the pulmonary lab.
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Hello, no we do not have any Respiratory Therapists at our facility that serve in the POC Coordinator role.
Yes, we do have 2 CLIA/CAP#s within one facility (hospital).
We have 2 RT's that work part time with us in Point of Care. I have found it very useful with the non-waived instruments their perspective and they have been a blessing.
I am fairly new to my POCC position. I am currently learning lots about our blood gas instruments (GEM 4000), the RTs and the CAP requirements. None of the RTs are particularly assigned as a POCC but I am realizing that could be VERY helpful.
I am not a RT but I manage the respiratory instruments for ABG and Co-Ox. Yes we have multiple CLIA #s at my facility. I have had to learn a lot about respiratory and the CAP requirements to be in compliance. Did you need help with anything?
It can be very helpful if you have a 4 year degree RT with 2 years experience on instrument to be your educator for the department. This person could be only trained by the POCC.
Yes multiple CLIAs(one CAP one TJC)
Liz Owusu, yes there is a possibility I will need help in the future. I'm a respiratory therapist new to the POCC role at my facility with little training, kind of learning as I go. What devices do you use for ABGs and Co-Ox? We will be switching devices in the near future due to the Abbott cartridge issues. We currently use iSTAT with G3+ cartridges (which will be discontinued in May) and we use the ABL820 Radiometer to run Co-Ox and pleural fluids.
We have the IStat you may want to just change to the EG6+ cartridge is 4.00 each and just turn off in your middleware the analytes you do not want to test. We use the AVOX for Co-OX.
Our Abbott rep suggested we look into other vendors, that's why we may switch devices. We are looking at the EPOC.
We use Radiometer's ABL-90 for blood gas, Co-Ox, electrolytes, glucose and lactate. So far, happy with it. We did run into some bad Sensor Cassettes during the summer. Had to keep replacing until we found a good one. Radiometer did replace them free of charge.
$4.00 each for EG6+? Interesting...my rep told me we would pay over $9.00 for each EG6+. Ugh!
It's all going to depend on your GPO, as well as any contracts you have in place. I can tell you that $4 is NOT the list price for that cartridge!
True, sorry wasn't thinking about if you were with HGP or not.
I currently have an Istat as a back up instrument and use the G3 cartridges. I called the Abbott rep to state that I will be changing to the EG6 cartridge and needed the validation process of bringing in a new cartridge. The rep calls me back and stated that I should look into another alternative for a back up instrument. Has any other Respiratory leaders been directed to look for alternatives other than the Istat ?Thanks
Yes, our rep told us to look into a new device. Basically get away from iSTAT, if a rep of a company tells you that then it must be bad.
yeah our Abbot Rep told us the same thing so we are looking to switch to the epoc since it has everything. apparently whoever helped in the development of the istat meter also developed the epoc so some of the features and functions may be similar.