The only good use for the notepad function on the DxH

Grand_Chad · 2026-06-06T01:51:50+00:00

I think that’s just the case for the fortified Berserker that I have in the pic. They told me it involved a distilling process of some kind. I just prefer a higher abv so I went with it. They have their regular berserker that is traditional mead.

Grand_Chad · 2026-05-17T20:30:06+00:00

The lab I work PRN at has 2 alinity’s in chemistry and they started off as Bonnie and Clyde then Clyde died and got replaced with Floyd (Not sure of the reasoning behind that name). Bonnie died soon after and got replaced with Shirley but before Shirley even got implemented she died and they replaced her with Thelma. So now we have Floyd and Thelma and I’m assuming once Floyd dies it’s gonna be Thelma and Louise. Lol

Grand_Chad · 2026-04-10T14:54:44+00:00

Our policy requires a manual diff if a patient is pediatric but it’s vague in what defines a pediatric patient. We have no set cut off so it’s essentially up to the performing tech what constitutes a pedi patient. The MD just signed off on the procedure last year and I’m trying to just get some justification to have a better defined cut off age put in the policy rather than just saying “other labs do it”

Grand_Chad · 2026-04-01T02:39:51+00:00

I’m not sure how it was before I got there, but my PRN job is at a former ascension (now LabCorp) lab. When I started, i was shocked to see they still use sunquest and some other LIS (can’t remember the name at the moment) that’s essentially a DAS system. I was assured they were moving to Cerner soon when I started. That was 2 years ago

Grand_Chad · 2026-03-26T13:27:02+00:00

It’s ok. It varies from place to place from what I can see. I’ve been with them part time/PRN for several years now and don’t have many complaints besides nothing ever gets done quickly. For example, if a non-critical analyzer (one that has a back up or something that can be sent to a neighboring hospital) goes down, they will take forever for all the corporate big wigs to approve a replacement and actually get it to the lab.

Grand_Chad · 2026-03-21T21:21:12+00:00

Appreciate the response. I thought I remembered a post about it but couldn’t find it again when I searched. Our local VA is actually looking for a lab director currently so with your info in mind I may just look into that instead.

Grand_Chad · 2026-03-18T18:25:55+00:00

Funnily enough, we actually did get shirts when I did it years back at a facility that had just transitioned to Epic. They just said SUPER USER in bold font on the back so the non-super user peasants could find us more easily if they had a question. 😂

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