By Ian A. Lentnek, MD and Angela Neale, PA-C, MBA, MLS(ASCP)
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this article, the reader will be able to:
- Define point-of-care testing and its advantages compared to central laboratory diagnostics.
- List the various settings in which POC testing supports.
- Discuss the uses and impact of POC testing in various settings.
- Describe the benefits of POC lactate testing in sepsis.
Ian A. Lentnek, MD leads Medical Affairs for Point-of-Care Testing at Siemens Healthineers.
Angela Neale, PA-C, MBA, MLS(ASCP) is a Medical Affairs Officer for Point-of-Care Testing at Siemens Healthineers.
Course Includes
- 1 Lesson
- 1 Test
- Course Certificate
MLO and Northern Illinois University (NIU), DeKalb, IL, are co-sponsors in offering continuing education units (CEUs) for this issue’s CE article. CEUs or contact hours are granted by the College of Health and Human Sciences at Northern Illinois University, which has been approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.® program. Continuing education credits awarded for successful completion of this test are acceptable for the ASCP Board of Registry Continuing Competence Recognition Program. Readers who pass the test successfully (scoring 70% or higher) will receive a certificate for 1 contact hour of P.A.C.E.® credit. The fee for this continuing education test is $20. This test was prepared by Amanda Voelker, MPH, MT(ASCP), MLS, Clinical Education Coordinator, School of Health Studies, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL.
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 This test is no longer valid for CEUs after January 2027.
NIU is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E. ® Program.