By Kathleen David, MT(ASCP), Jeanne Mumford, MT(ASCP)
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this article, the reader will be able to:
- Discuss the need for a quality management system (QMS) in point-of-care testing (POCT).
- List the quality system essentials that are recommended for a laboratory QMS.
- Describe how each quality system essential can be applied to a POCT program.
- Differentiate between quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC).
About the Authors
Kathleen David, MT(ASCP) is the Associate Director for Point of Care at TriCore Reference Laboratories in Albuquerque NM, which covers all of New Mexico. She has been in the lab field for over 48 years and in POCT for over 25 years. Her work encompasses 3 health systems, with 16 hospitals and over 120 clinics, urgent care centers, free-standing ED/UC, and physician offices performing POCT
Jeanne Mumford, MT(ASCP) is the Pathology Manager for Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) for Johns Hopkins Medicine. Jeanne offers 23 years of experience in point-of-care testing regulatory oversight, quality assurance projects, and laboratory inspection preparedness and planning as a medical laboratory scientist. She participates in many professional organizations including the Critical and POCT Division of AACC and the CLSI Expert Panel for POCT.
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Course Includes
- 1 Lesson
- 1 Test
- Course Certificate
Level of Instruction: Intermediate
Medical Laboratory Observer (MLO) is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E. ® Program.
Level of Instruction: Intermediate
Passing scores of 70 percent or higher are eligible for 1 contact hour of P.A.C.E. credit. This test is no longer valid for CEs after February 28, 2025.
