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Articles and journal scans about Point-of-care testing
Article
October 2003
Are we ready for the outbreak of an epidemic?
That is the question the Hvidovre Hospital had to ask itself in May 2003, when the Danish National Board of Health and the Copenhagen Hospital Corporation appointed it to be one of the country's three key sites for receiving and treating SARS patients.
Once appointed, the hospital began a painstaking process of...
Point-of-care testing
Article
October 2003
Benchmarking as part of competency testing
Like many hospitals throughout the world, the Princess Royal Hospital in Sussex, England has set up a quality assurance (QA) scheme to verify the competency of glucose-meter operators. Their scoring system, however is anything but typical.
Instead of relying solely on individual results, the system also uses...
Quality assurance
Point-of-care testing
Glucose
Article
Article
May 2003
Patient ID barcoding - aspects to consider when im
Identification of products by barcode has been utilized by industry and business for over 30 years. The use of barcodes in the hospital setting is also well established, but in the patient environment, hospitals are still behind industry. For Point-of-Care Testing (POCT), barcodes are highly desirable. Deanna Bogner, ...
Preanalytical phase
Information management
Point-of-care testing
Process optimization
Article
May 2003
STAT testing in the future
Since the mid 1990's Point of Care Testing (POCT) has been viewed as a solution to a declared need for Short Turn Around Testing (STAT).
However, is it being utilized in a way that meets the needs of improving patient care and hospital quality assurance? What is STAT testing, why and how did it become POCT? How is...
Process optimization
Point-of-care testing
Information management
Glucose
Creatinine/urea
Article
April 2003
Remote support of hospital equipment – how does it work and what are the data security issues?
It is more and more common that computer-based systems in hospitals are serviced or "looked after" by service engineers dialing in from remote locations.
The combination of highly computerized laboratory equipment and the emerging network technologies makes remote support a very attractive possibility. In many...
Process optimization
Point-of-care testing
Article
April 2003
Method comparison or procedure comparison?
With the increasing number of blood tests performed at the point of care (POC), it has become more and more important to perform method comparison studies, comparing new methods to the existing methods used in the laboratory (LAB). This is done primarily to ensure that uniform results are reported throughout the...
Quality assurance
Point-of-care testing
Preanalytical phase
Glucose
Lactate
Article
April 2003
Standardizing is the key to effective POCT
According to the Hvidovre Hospital, standardizing is a must
if POCT is to run optimally. In the first article of the series
"POCT setups for blood gas", acutecaretesting.org interviews
the Danish hospital on how they have successfully implemented
POCT.
Point-of-care testing
Information management
Process optimization
Glucose
Hemoglobins
Troponins
Article
January 2003
Practical planning considerations when interfacing
Attention to how data are handled by different groups in a hospital is important when interfacing a point-of-care testing system.
Consideration of existing data handling practices and future data evaluation needs - before, during, and after installation - and careful planning in cooperation with each hospital...
Information management
Point-of-care testing
Glucose
Article
January 2003
From hospitals to project organizations
If you think only private corporations can call themselves project organizations, think again. Hospitals around the world are increasingly seeing themselves as project organizations and relying on project groups to explore and implement new technologies.
Meanwhile, healthcare workers participating in these projects...
Process optimization
Point-of-care testing
Glucose