Dear colleagues
As our GPs are being encouraged to undertake more and more
oral glucose tolerance tests, more of them are doing the tests in the surgery
(following the protocol provided by our laboratory). This morning I took a
phone call from one GP who was interested in using POCT glucose meters to
obtain the results rather than sending the samples to the laboratory.
Apart from the obvious facts of laboratory result vs POCT
result, and the issues of capillary sampling, are there any other good reasons
why POCT should not be used? Is anyone out there already doing this?
Kind regards
Avril
Avril Wayte
Consultant Biochemist
Clinical Chemistry
Ysbyty Gwynedd
Clinical Lead for Biochemistry, BCUHB
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