title: Point-of-care testing: not always waived.
abstract: Learn what the Joint Commission's standards require of waived testing and how it's regulated by organizational policy.
authors.affiliation: Standards Interpretation, Division of Accreditation Operations, JCAHO, Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., USA.
authors.forename: Megan E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Sawchuk
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems / Q000145:classification / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration