Fingerstick collection method for Coaguchek XS
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First year as POC Coordinator, very grateful for this discussion forum.
Our Anti-Coag Clinic uses the CoaguChek capillary tubes with separate bulbs for sample collection. I would like to offer something like the Microsafe collection pipette, where the specimen passively fills by capillary action, and is then expelled to the strip with a bulb that is part of the pipette. My procurement department says these aren't available. Is anyone using anything like this?
Tracy Learned
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke MA
Our Anti-Coag Clinic uses the CoaguChek capillary tubes with separate bulbs for sample collection. I would like to offer something like the Microsafe collection pipette, where the specimen passively fills by capillary action, and is then expelled to the strip with a bulb that is part of the pipette. My procurement department says these aren't available. Is anyone using anything like this?
Tracy Learned
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke MA
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Please read the specimen collection instruction for Coaguchek XS (operator’s manual) and you will be guided how to perform the test. There is no need for a collection tube, it needs to be sampled direct to the strips. Please refer to the operator manual and Training video (I included the link)
https://diagnostics.roche.com/us/en/resource-center-pages/coaguchek-xs-system-training-video-for-professional-use.html
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Alma
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