Amniotic Fluid Detection Testing
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Hello,
I am looking at our current process for Amniotic Fluid detection and seeing if there are any more effective options out there. Currently we send Amnisures to a neighboring hospital and perform Actim Proms at our hospital. This helps us cover the <29 weeks gestation group by using Amnisures but also have the benefit of less intereferences with Actim Prom.
I looked into ROM Plus and the pricing seems very comparable to the other 2 methods but I am not crazy about the 75% Specificity and the processing time (20 minutes for a negative test).
We have also started discussions about doing our own validation on the Actim Prom for <29 weeks.
Has anyone encountered anything similar? What did you decide was best for your Hospital? Anyone successfully done a validation on Actim Prom for <29 weeks gestation?
Thank you!
I am looking at our current process for Amniotic Fluid detection and seeing if there are any more effective options out there. Currently we send Amnisures to a neighboring hospital and perform Actim Proms at our hospital. This helps us cover the <29 weeks gestation group by using Amnisures but also have the benefit of less intereferences with Actim Prom.
I looked into ROM Plus and the pricing seems very comparable to the other 2 methods but I am not crazy about the 75% Specificity and the processing time (20 minutes for a negative test).
We have also started discussions about doing our own validation on the Actim Prom for <29 weeks.
Has anyone encountered anything similar? What did you decide was best for your Hospital? Anyone successfully done a validation on Actim Prom for <29 weeks gestation?
Thank you!
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I don't have a lot of information to share but I will say we use the ROM Plus in our lab for the OB floor. A few of our OBGYN's prefer to perform fern testing with the scopes. I have heard one of the physicians specifically say he does not trust anything other than fern and so that is why he resorts to that.