Point-of-Care Testing: Performance Improvement and Evidence-Based Outcomes - Hardcover

9780824708689: Point-of-Care Testing: Performance Improvement and Evidence-Based Outcomes

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0824708687 ISBN 13: 9780824708689

Publisher: CRC Press, 2002

This reference streamlines practical guidance for the selection of POCT technologies according to technical performance, patient need, and management practices. It examines best practice of POCT and offers integrative strategies, performance maps, and treatment pathways for illustrating effective rapid-response testing processes in critical care.

A superb manual for hospital administrators, managers, and directors; point-of-care coordinators; primary and acute care physicians; and upper-level undergraduate, graduate, and medical students in these fields, this guide discusses techniques to

identify potential preanalytical, analytical, and postanalytical errors in POCT

detect areas of underuse, overuse, or inappropriate provision of care

develop effective POCT quality assurance programs

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Review

...[a] comprehensive review of the subject matter....
...a useful reference book to have handy for any questions related to the clinical usefulness of POCTs.
-Doody's Electronic Journal

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