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My argumanet would be a patient safety issue and risk management!
The treating physician NEEDS to know what other results/tests/invetigations the patiet had to ensure optimal management.
This may ensure the test is not repeated, will create a clear medicolegal line of accountability, a more permanent record than a paper trail (although by all means have the latter but not at the xpense of the former) and again....................how can a physicain or nurse treat a patient or manage an emergency appropriately without the ability to access ALL test results ina  timely manner and compare them all to follow up trends.
 
Connectivity and reporting of POCT results in a safe manner to mitigate risk is essential.
There are articles that can support this. if you wish I can dig them out.
yes, the POCT results need to be clearly identified as so. In our lab, they under a different header.
 
cheers
samarina

From: Michelle Miller <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, 28 August 2013 2:51 AM
Subject: Re: Including POCT results in your HIS

Hi
There are reasons why they should be archived straight away though. Some patients have numerous POCT tests a day and this can submerge an urgent U/E or FBC and they can then be missed. So I am all for the patient electronic record but I prefer for POCT results to be archived immediately.
Cheers
 
 
Michelle
 
 
Michelle Miller
Chief Biomedical Scientist and POCT Manager
Biochemistry Department
University Hospital of South Manchester
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From: ACB Point-of-Care Testing [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steven John Mccann
Sent: 27 August 2013 15:03
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Subject: Re: Including POCT results in your HIS
 
I can’t believe someone asked you that question.
 
Reasons for keeping a hard/electronic copy are proper documentation and audit. You can then audit various locations and the results, are they using the kit often enough are the results having an impact.
 
As usual the result have to be identified as POCT preferentially from the appropriate location….
 
From: ACB Point-of-Care Testing [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Vaughan Natalie (RC9) Luton & Dunstable Hospital FT
Sent: 27 August 2013 14:53
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Subject: Including POCT results in your HIS
 
Dear All,
 
I have been making a lot of progress with a project to ensure POCT results from our blood gas analysers and blood glucose meters enter our hospital information system and have our Director of Information Management & Technology onside.  I have now suddenly been asked why these should go into the same system as other pathology results and not 'somewhere else'.  And indeed why this should be done at all as the 'whole point of POCT is that you get a result there and then'.  My business case of course addresses a lot of this but I wondered if others who have achieved this could give me some back up!
 
If you have achieved this could you tell me:
 
1) Are the results in a HIS alongside other Pathology results, but clearly identified as POCT tests?
2) Any other useful arguments/information you think I might have missed from my business case?
 
Kind Regards
Natalie
 
Natalie Vaughan (nee Smith)
Clinical Biochemist & POCT Supervisor
Ext 7969
01582 497969
 
To contact the POCT team please call:
Ext 7991 or 01582 497991
 
 
 

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