title: Influence of geography on the performance of quality control testing in the Australian Government's point of care testing in general practice trial.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the influence of geography on quality control (QC) testing in the point of care testing (PoCT) in general practice trial.
  
  
  METHODS
  Within-practice imprecision for QC testing for HbA1c, urine albumin:creatinine ratio, lipids and international normalised ratio was calculated for each geographic region.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no significant difference between the region of testing and within-practice imprecision, except for triglyceride and HDL cholesterol.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  PoCT was conducted to an equivalent analytical standard across geographic regions.
authors.affiliation: Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia. Mark.Shephard@flinders.edu.au
authors.forename: Mark D S
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Shephard
mesh_terms: D000418:Albumins / Q000378:metabolism; D001315:Australia; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D003404:Creatinine / Q000652:urine; D005194:Family Practice / Q000379:methods*; D005843:Geography; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000378:metabolism; D006078:Government Programs / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems / Q000592:standards; D011786:Quality Control; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D000418:Albumins; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D003404:Creatinine; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin; D014280:Triglycerides