CLSI POCT08
Quality Practices in Noninstrumented Pointof- Care Testing: An Instructional Manual and Resources for Health Care Workers; Approved Guideline
Organization: | CLSI |
Publication Date: | 1 December 2010 |
Status: | active |
Page Count: | 124 |
scope:
This document is designed to provide education in basic concepts of good laboratory practice to a wide audience; to provide tools, protocols, and examples to illustrate and assist in the implementation of good laboratory practices; and to provide templates and other resources to make it easier to build a high-quality point-of-care testing (POCT) program.
The intended audience includes:
• Medical technologists and other laboratory professionals engaged in noninstrumented POCT
• Nurses and other medical personnel without laboratory training or specialization who perform such testing
• Nonmedically trained workers performing such testing
• Laboratory professionals and others engaged in oversight or consultation
• Manufacturers and distributors of noninstrumented point-of-care tests
Organizations that may engage in noninstrumented POCT and that might use this guideline include, but are not limited to:
• Physician office and group practices
• Hospitals and other acute-care facilities
• Long-term care facilities
• Home care organizations
• Outreach and community organizations providing testing
• Other settings where simple laboratory tests may improve disease detection or management
Aspects of good laboratory practice addressed include:
• Roles and responsibilities of the people involved in the testing system
• Selecting, learning, proving, and implementing new tests
• Avoiding errors before, during, and after testing
• Building systems and procedures to maintain test quality
• Recordkeeping to limit risk and document performance