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James Beck posted a reply on Re: repeat POCT glucose testing.
Tuesday, Jul 6, 2021 at 12:35 PM
Said: Word of caution - this becomes a slippery slope, and I'll share why. As most of us have a lab background, we are focused on what is a "reportable" result before we release it - a single result. When testing is performed at p...
Erika Deaton-Mohney BS, MT(ASCP), CPP posted a reply on Re: repeat POCT glucose testing.
Tuesday, Jul 6, 2021 at 11:53 AM
Said: Good call on updating your procedure. I don't use the ACCU-CHEJ, but I would only use limits that the manufacturer has stated or items from hospital policy in a procedure. Repeats for our purposes are defined as within 10 minutes....
Patricia Rauchholz posted a reply on Re: repeat POCT glucose testing.
Tuesday, Jul 6, 2021 at 11:50 AM
Said: We also use the AccuChek Inform II meters and RALS as our DM system. Our repeats flag if they are run within 5 minutes of each other. I was told that tests run within 5 minutes will not be reimbursed, so I believe that is why it was set...
Jill Dwyer posted a reply on Re: LeadCare II
Tuesday, Jul 6, 2021 at 11:38 AM
Said: Hi Terry - I'm in Washington state. I'm going to email them (DOH) and try to find out more about this.
McKenna Chandler posted a new Topic
Tuesday, Jul 6, 2021 at 11:09 AM
repeat POCT glucose testing.
Our hospital uses the roche ACCU-CHEJ Inform II meters.
Our procedure(which I inherited from my predecesor) is that all critical values must be repeated and confirmed by a STAT laboratory glucose.
The other part of the procedure is that if a POCT glucose is repeated for ANY reason, the results must agree within 10% or be confirmed with a lab draw.
The issue that comes up is sometimes my report that looks for repeats will catch results run around 10(maybe even 15?) minutes apart ...
Our procedure(which I inherited from my predecesor) is that all critical values must be repeated and confirmed by a STAT laboratory glucose.
The other part of the procedure is that if a POCT glucose is repeated for ANY reason, the results must agree within 10% or be confirmed with a lab draw.
The issue that comes up is sometimes my report that looks for repeats will catch results run around 10(maybe even 15?) minutes apart ...
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