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Best Practices

There are references to best practices throughout this guide. These represent the options used by the
majority of Abbott Point of Care established customers in creating their current i‑STAT customization
profiles. Those options, along with features available only on the i‑STAT Alinity system were assembled
and titled "best practices". They are intended only as examples. Each HCO should establish its own best
practices.
How to Proceed
Begin by contacting Abbott Point of Care and establishing your Healthcare Organization (HCO) (refer to
the next section, Getting Started). Next, define the primary CWi user (refer to the section Manage
Users).

Getting Started

The function of CWi is to customize the i‑STAT Alinity instrument. Users of CWi may wish to verify
information for their site, edit user information, or add instruments. Abbott Point of Care strongly
recommends that you read this section in its entirety before logging in to CWi.
If you have an established HCO and you are logging in to CWi, you can skip the information below and
log in as usual. The following information is provided for users who will be logging in to CWi for the first
time.
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Note:
• Abbott Point of Care strongly encourages a healthcare organization (HCO) to establish
more than one HCO manager. Then, in the event that one HCO manager is
unavailable, other HCO managers can use the system.
• One HCO manager only is specified as the "primary".
• Only a primary HCO manager can assign the role of healthcare organization manager
to another CWi user.
Note: The computer used to access CWi should reside behind the healthcare facility's IT
firewall and have antivirus software installed.
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