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(Created page with "== '''Definition: ''' == Point of Care Testing (POCT) is the performance by non-laboratory staff of an analytical test outside the conventional laboratory, at the site of or in the vicinity of the patient. == '''Devices: ''' == Devices for POCT testing range from basic dipsticks, to simple hand held devices such as glucose meters, through to complex analysers more commonly seen in a conventional laboratory, like blood gas analysers. == '''POCT Governance: ''' == La...")
 
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Wairoa I-STAT, poch-i100 and Lactate meter in the Acute Ward is owned by the Laboratory.  There is no maintenance agreement for these instruments.
Wairoa I-STAT, poch-i100 and Lactate meter in the Acute Ward is owned by the Laboratory.  There is no maintenance agreement for these instruments.


=== '''Hastings''' ===
== '''Hastings''' ==
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|Blood  Gas
|Blood  Gas
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|ICU
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=== '''Wairoa''' ===
== '''Wairoa''' ==
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|FBC
|FBC
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|Acute  Ward, Laboratory
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=== '''Central Hawke’s Bay Health Centre (CHB)''' ===
== '''Central Hawke’s Bay Health Centre (CHB)''' ==
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|Trop I
|Trop I
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|Laboratory
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=== '''Quality Control''' ===
== '''Quality Control''' ==
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|'''EQA Programme'''
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|Anaesthetic Technicians
|Anaesthetic Technicians
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All Internal and External QC is regularly reviewed and commented on by the POC QM and/or relevant HOD/Senior Scientist and acted upon if required.
All Internal and External QC is regularly reviewed and commented on by the POC QM and/or relevant HOD/Senior Scientist and acted upon if required.

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