Hi there
I used to cholestrol screening in the early 1990's, and
looked at what we offered and what benefit it was to the
organsiation.
From my simple study at the time it showed that those under
35 years of age, unless had a family history were not cost
effective to offer the test to, but for those aged above it
was useful as part of a 'Look after your heart' campaign in
general as long as all the other risk factors were taken
into consideration. Also had to explain that their levels
may be slightly increased as usually had not fasted and that
was only testing chlosterol and not the other lipids.
I used a machine called the 'Lipotrend' and had training
from the manufacturer.
Hope this is helpful, but I have not done chlostrol
screening for years now.
Cheers
Clare Haddow
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Please remove this footer before replying.
Visit http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html for list archives
|