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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
December 2002
The role of training, competency assessment, and continuing education
In a 1999 study, the US Institute of Medicine (IOM) concluded that 44,000 to 98,000 hospitalized Americans die each year from preventable medical errors.
While the number of serious medical errors attributable to point of care (point-of-care testing, POCT) is not known, the testing environment (patient bedside) and...
Process optimization
Point-of-care testing
Glucose