Point-of-care-testing and Clinical Governance.
Clinical Governance is a quality framework encompassing risk management, clinical and cost effectiveness, and patient outcomes. These principles apply to point-of-care testing (POCT), which is becoming widely used within hospitals and the community. Formal regulation of POCT is variable throughout the world, but it is vital that the principles of clinical governance are followed in the implementation and management of POCT and laboratory professionals have a responsibility to advise users of POCT accordingly.
Pearson
Joan
J
1. Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology, Old Medical School, Leeds General Infirmary (Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust), Leeds, UK. joan.pearson@leedsth.nhs.uk
D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012308:Risk Management; D006113:United Kingdom