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Quality in point of care testing

Davide Giavarina ; Clinical Pathology Dept., San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy
Adele Villani ; Clinical Laboratory, Waldensian Hospital, Pomaretto (TO), Italy
Marco Caputo ; Clinical Chemistry and Microbiology Laboratory, Bussolengo Hospital, (VR), Italy

Abstract

Part of this document has been endorsed as a Position Statement on Point of Care testing (in-hospital setting) of the Italian Society of Laboratory Medicine (Società Italiana di Medicina di Laboratorio, SIMeL) and also refers to official documents and International standards to for generalities (ISO 15189/2003) and specific items (ISO 22870/2006). As such, this article is based on to professional standards, guidelines and peer reviews documents, and it is aimed to improve the pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical phase of point of care testing (POCT), by providing insights into definitions, key aspects in developing a diagnostic system for POCT, benefits and risks of POCT and leading sources of errors.

Keywords

quality; point of care; laboratory medicine; turn-around-time; error

Hrčak ID:

53356

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/53356

Publication date:

4.6.2010.

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