Laboratory Accreditation

 •  LAP Resources for Laboratories

  Use of Waived Test Methods

Recommendations from the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee (CLIAC) regarding good laboratory practices for waived testing sites served as the basis for an article in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Recommendations and Reports.

 • Visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Website to access the document and a related continuing education activity.

  POCT Toolkit

POCT is defined as clinical laboratory testing conducted close to the site of patient care, typically by clinical personnel whole primary training is not in the clinical laboratory sciences or by patients (self-testing)

 •  Access Toolkit

  Articles

Point of Care Testing for Creatinine Measurement: Proceed With Educated Caution

 • ER, ICU testing: limits, logistics, and laurels (CAP TODAY, August 2011)

 • New go-to guide for solving POC conundrums (CAP TODAY, January 2011)

 • Point-of-care testing through the lens of Lean (CAP TODAY, April 2010)

 • Point of care sagas: a tale of three cities (CAP TODAY, January 2009)

 • Top-notch program makes her leader of the POC (CAP TODAY, August 2006)

 • When POC connects the data, everyone wins
(CAP TODAY, April 2006)

 • Pediatric POC—small patients but big benefits
(CAP TODAY, February 2006)