Implementation of Testing Using the Refreshed CoaguChek XS Plus Meter for PT/INR
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Our health center's 13 clinics will soon undergo a RALS upgrade to support implementation of the refreshed Roche CoaguChek XS Plus meter for PT/INR testing.
We currently use the original CoaguChek XS Plus meter, and not all clinics wiill receive the refreshed model immediately. As a result, we expect to have both the original and refreshed meters in use during the transition period.
If your facility uses RALS, and has already transtitioned to the refreshed CoaguChek XS Plus meter, I would appreciate your feedback on the following:
We currently use the original CoaguChek XS Plus meter, and not all clinics wiill receive the refreshed model immediately. As a result, we expect to have both the original and refreshed meters in use during the transition period.
If your facility uses RALS, and has already transtitioned to the refreshed CoaguChek XS Plus meter, I would appreciate your feedback on the following:
- Are you able to use the same test strips and QC materals that were used with the original CoaguChek XS Plus meter?
- Do you currently have both the original and refreshed meters in use? If so, are there any problems/concerns?
- How smooth was the transition to the refreshed meter, particularly with RALS connectivity and interfacing to you EMR?
Thanks so much for sharing your experience and any advice you might have for our transition.
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Happy Friday Joyce. Our Coumadin Clinic runs the CoaguChek XS Plus on their patients. We updated our RALS version on August 31st. It started a little after 7P and took around 3 1/2 hours to complete. We currently only have one of the refreshed meters and am waiting for the other two replacements to be sent to us. You will be able to use both the old and the new meters in this new RALS version. Also, you will not need to purchase new docks. The ones you currently have will also work for both meters. Nothing testing wise changes. You will still use the same testing strips and QC materials. Our transition to the new RALS version was basically very smooth. All of the UPMC facilities with RALS are on a shared server and we all have Epic as our computer system. We had a little trouble with a few of our glucometers not sending results, but RALS made a quick, small tweak and everything was all good. We had no problems with our i-stats, ABL90s, CoaguCheks, and the majority of our glucometers transitioning to the new RALS version and sending the results to Epic.
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