Point-of-Care Testing (POCT): The Applications, Advantages, and Challenges

Continuing Education Credits

• P.A.C.E.® Contact Hours: 1 hour(s)
• Florida Board of Clinical Laboratory Science CE Credit Hours -
  General: 1 hour(s)

Objectives

• Define point-of-care (POC) as it relates to test methods in the laboratory.
• Outline personnel and competency requirements for performing POCT.
• Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of POCT.
• Differentiate and explain test methods applicable to POCT.
• Explain the laboratory's role in POCT.

Course Outline

• Definition of Point of Care Testing
• Defining Point-of-Care Testing (POCT)
• Defining Point-of-Care Testing (POCT), continued
• Multiple contexts are used to define POCT. Match each statement to the context/aspect of POCT it describes.
• Crossing Boundaries in POCT
• True or False: The small, portable testing methods used in POCT cannot be used to perform testing in the central laboratory.
• Advantages and Disadvantages of Point-of-Care Testing
• Advantages of POCT
• Advantages of POCT, continued
• A hospital has multiple locations for laboratory testing of a basic metabolic panel (BMP). The intensive care unit (ICU) has a portable measuring devi...
• Disadvantages of POCT—Administrative
• Disadvantages of POCT—Administrative, continued
• Disadvantages of Point-of-Care Testing (POCT)—Testing Process
• Disadvantages of Point-of-Care Testing (POCT)—Testing Process, continued
• POCT is being considered at a hospital. Clinical and laboratory administrations have discussed the advantages and disadvantages of POCT. Which of the ...
• Testing Methodologies for Point of Care Testing
• Summary of Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) Methods
• Complexity of POCT
• True or False: All POCT methods are classified as waived by CLIA.
• POCT Methods
• POCT Methods, continued
• True or False: The point-of-care coordinator (POCC) is organizing a procedure manual for a satellite location that performs only waived tests. She mus...
• The Laboratory's Role in Point of Care Testing (POCT)
• Laboratory Staff Involvement with Point-of-Care Testing (POCT)
• True or False: Testing staff working in point-of-care testing (POCT) locations in satellite clinics should have no direct communication with the main/...
• Quality Assessment (QA) in Point-of-Care Testing (POCT)
• Quality Assessment (QA) in Point-of-Care Testing (POCT), continued
• True or False: Quality assessment (QA) and quality control (QC) testing are equivalent.
• Competency Assessment in POCT
• Mandatory Reporting of Test Results
• When assessing the competency of POCT personnel that perform activated clotting time (ACT) testing, which assessment tool is appropriate to use when d...
• The laboratory supervisor assists with the competency assessment of the ICU staff who perform testing on the point-of-care instrumentation. Before beg...
• An employee completed initial training and competency assessment for moderately complex point-of-care testing (POCT) in the emergency department on Ma...
• True or False: A physician's office has recently added a benchtop analyzer utilizing test cartridges for molecular testing for COVID-19. The office sh...
• References
• References

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