Competency information
Details
Use the following point-of-care testing (POCT) methods/device to specified quality standards to generate accurate, valid results and document the results:
- blood gas
- oximetry
- electrolyte/metabolyte analyser.
Considerations
- The current legislation governing Good Laboratory Practice relevant to near patient testing.
- Clinical governance.
- Relevant clinical pathology accreditation (CPA) standards.
- Standard operating procedures.
- User training.
- The biological and statistical basis of biological variation, reference values and action limits.
- Use of calibration and control materials.
- The quality management process that ensures the correct location and storage of documentation and specimens at each stage of the process.
- Principles and practice of internal quality control and external quality assessment.
- Common analytical interferences caused by contamination, interferences, age of sample, etc.
- Performance of analyses in accordance with appropriate standard operating procedure.
- Routine maintenance and recording.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 9 | Outcome Perform a range of near patient tests at the point of care specific to critical care patient requirements, quality assuring the results. |