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Dear All, I am surprised, in so many cases, how few staff are available to run the POCT service. Could I ask what work is done by the POCT team? Do you do all the training? Do you coordinate the EQA? Do you have any help with the quality side of POCT? Do you have any additional clerical help? Kind regards, Mary Mary Duddy Point of Care Testing Manager, Chemical Pathology West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust. Watford General Hospital, Vicarage Road, Watford. Hertfordshire. WD18 0HB EXT Watford 7998 mary.duddy @whht.nhs.uk<mailto:[log in to unmask]> * 01923217998 [cid:image001.png@01D22928.497E2480] From: ACB Point-of-Care Testing [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Gowland Gemma (RTF) NHCT Sent: 18 October 2016 08:59 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Point of Care Structure Hi Sharon, We have 0.5WTE POCT Consultant Lead, 1x POCT Co-ordinator and 1x POCT Support Worker. We cover a large geographical area with 3x general hospitals, 1x emergency care hospital, 8 x community hospitals and 2 x community sites. We manage the following devices: 12 BGAs 3 EPOC BGAs 183 Glucose Meters 10 Hemocue Hb (1 x glucose) 14 Coagu-Cheks 1 Afinion AS100 6 Piccolo Chemistry Analysers 6 PocH 100-I FBC Analysers 1 Rapid FFN 10Q 15 Clinitek Status 5 Ketone Meters RSV Testing in Children's A&E Urinalysis an pregnancy testing on wards Kind Regards, Gemma Gemma Gowland Point of Care Testing Co-Ordinator Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust From: ACB Point-of-Care Testing [mailto:[log in to unmask]]<mailto:[mailto:[log in to unmask]]> On Behalf Of Sharon Roberts Sent: 17 October 2016 15:49 To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Point of Care Structure Hiya I know this has been asked plenty of times. But can I ask what POCT structure everyone has. Can I also ask how many sites are covered by the team, the equipment repertoire and how many of each device. Kind Regards Sharon Sharon Roberts Point of Care Testing Lead St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Tel 0151 290 4317 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Virus Scanned and Verified by St Helens and Knowsley Health Informatics --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: This e-mail may contain confidential and/or proprietary information some or all of which may be legally privileged. It is for the intended recipient only. If any addressing or transmission error has misdirected this e-mail, please notify the author by replying to this e- mail and destroy any copies. If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print, or rely on this e-mail. The information contained in this email may be subject to public disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Unless the information is legally exempt from disclosure, the confidentiality of this email AND YOUR REPLY cannot be guaranteed. ***************************************************************************** The information contained in this e-mail may be subject to public disclosure under the NHS Code of Openness or the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Unless the information is legally exempt from disclosure, the confidentiality of this e-mail and your reply cannot be guaranteed. If you are not the intended recipient please accept my apologies. Please inform me that this message has gone astray before deleting it. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. For further information on West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust visit our website: http://www.westhertshospitals.nhs.uk *****************************************************************************