Blood Gas Instrument Information

Our RT department is due for an instrument upgrade soon, and they are in the early stages of shopping around to see what will be the best fit.  They currently have GEMs and have looked at Epoc devices (we already have Epoc devices that I oversee via POC for certain areas of our hospital), and now they are looking into the Radiometer.  Can those of you that use it provide me with your Pros and Cons?  Is oversight (including training and competency assessment, initial validations, and 6 month studies) provided by your POC department, RT, or a combination?  I was told that the Radiometer is considered a Point of Care device so it would most likely fall under me, but I wanted to see how you all handle it.  Any advice/information would be greatly appreciated.  They are in the very early stages of shopping around, but I want to gather as much information as I can early on.

Also, for those that use the Epoc for RT, are you using another device for Co-Ox?  If so, what are you using and what are the Pros/Cons?

Thanks!