iSTAT result greater than AMR

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Hi, I have been a POCC for more than 10 years but I have changed jobs so I have some new challenges. 
I have some specific questions about iSTAT, RALS and Cerner.  If you have an iSTAT result outside of AMR (example pCO2 >130) do you post the result in Cerner, and if so, how?  Mine gets stuck in RALS and I can't manually upload it.  Being an 'alpha' response, I'm not sure how to get it to post in Cerner as the DTA is designated as a numeric result.
Do you require the operator to send a specimen to the lab to recheck?

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It is usually a lab policy that results above or below the AMR are not reported.....that is probably why it is "stuck" in RALS. We have the same setup and we delete the result unless it is in the NICU; we allow reporting of the potassium if it is within the AMR and not allow the discrepant results.

I believe these are real results, not discrepant.  I would want to report it as a 'greater than' like we do with lab results that we don't dilute past the AMR.

You can have < or > AMR sent from RALS and post as such in Cerner. 
RALS - set your evaluation criteria to send those results over to Cerner. 
Cerner - set your AMR to result as < or > than your lower/upper limit. 
I use both systems and </> AMR post in Cerner. Contact me if you need help.
Terry R.

Thanks Terry-I might need more help with the details.  I will contact you.

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