NEN-EN-ISO 22870
Point-of-care testing (POCT) - Requirements for quality and competence
| Organization: | NEN |
| Publication Date: | 1 February 2006 |
| Status: | inactive |
| Page Count: | 25 |
| ICS Code (Quality management and quality assurance): | 03.120.10 |
| ICS Code (Laboratory medicine in general): | 11.100.01 |
scope:
This International Standard gives specific requirements applicable to point-of-care testing and is intended to be used in conjunction with ISO 15189. The requirements of this International Standard apply when POCT is carried out in hospital, clinic and by a healthcare organization providing ambulatory care. This International Standard 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 International Standard can be applicable.
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