Evolution of Point-of-Care Testing in a Large Academic Teaching Hospital

Plastic Surgical Nursing

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 128-132

  Lewandrowski, Kent ^a   Pagnani, Gene ^a   Walsh, Mary Ann ^a   Misiano, Domenic ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ACT; BGT management; HIV; POCT

Indexed keywords

EID: 47949106039     PISSN: 07415206     EISSN: 15501841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.poc.0000179422.62720.06     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Price C, Hicks J, eds. Point of care testing. Washington, DC: American Association for Clinical Chemistry Press; 1999.
2. Kost G. Principles and practice of point-of-care testing. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2002.
3. Nichols J. Point-of-care testing: performance improvement and evidence-based outcomes. New York: Marcel Dekker; 2003.
4. Lewandrowski K. Point-of-care testing. Clin Lab Med. 2001;21.
5. Lewandrowski K, Cheek R, Nathan N, et al. Implementation of capillary blood glucose monitoring in a teaching hospital and determination of program requirements to maintain quality testing. Am J Med. 1992;93:419-426.
6. Lewandrowski E, Laposata M, Eschenbach K, et al. Utilization and cost analysis of bedside capillary glucose testing in a large teaching hospital: implications for the management of point of care testing. Am J Med. 1994;97:222-230.
7. Laposata M, Lewandrowski K. Near patient blood glucose monitoring. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1995;119:926-928.
8. Lewandrowski E, Corboy D, Lewandrowski K, et al. Implementation of a point of care satellite laboratory in the emergency department of an academic medical center: impact on test turnaround time and patient length of stay. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2003;127:456-460.
9. Lewandowski E, Lewandrowski K. Organization of point of care testing in a large teaching hospital: quality assurance, evaluation of clinical utility and implementation of process improvements. Presented at the 17th International Symposium of the Electrolyte/Blood Gas Division American Association for Clinical Chemistry. Nice, France. 1998.
10. Lewandrowski E, Macmillan D, Misiano D, et al. Process improvement for bedside capillary glucose testing: the impact of new technology on point-of-care testing. International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and American Association of Clinical Chemistry: critical care testing in the new millennium: the integration of point of care testing (18th international symposium). Copenhagen, Dnk. Clin Chem Acta. 2001;307:175-179.