NEN-EN-ISO 22870
Point-of-care testing (POCT) - Requirements for quality and competence
| Organization: | NEN |
| Publication Date: | 1 December 2016 |
| Status: | active |
| Page Count: | 27 |
| ICS Code (Quality management and quality assurance): | 03.120.10 |
| ICS Code (Laboratory medicine in general): | 11.100.01 |
| ICS Code (Laboratory medicine): | 11.100 |
scope:
NEN-EN- ISO 22870 gives specific requirements applicable to point-of-care testing and is intended to be used in conjunction with ISO 15189. The requirements of this document apply when POCT is carried out in a hospital, clinic and by a healthcare organization providing ambulatory care. This document can be applied to transcutaneous measurements, the analysis of expired air, and in vivo monitoring of physiological parameters. Patient self-testing in a home or community setting is excluded, but elements of this document can be applicable.
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