| November
11, 2001 Meeting Minutes
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| Introduction | Presentation | Vendor Presentation | Group Discussion | Next Meeting | |
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| Introduction | Kim
Gregory welcomed everyone to Union Hospital and congratulated the group
on its one-year anniversary as the Baystate POCT Collaborative. There
were many new faces and quick introductions were done.
A reminder was given regarding the Vendor fair to be held
December 4 at Newton Wellesley Hospital.
Everyone was invited to attend.
Kathy Anestis brought several regulatory compliance books for
members to browse through.
For book titles, please email Kathy at kathy.anestis@mwmc.com. |
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| Presentation | Dr.
Marcia Zucker from International Technidyne Corporation (ITC) gave an
excellent lecture entitled: POCT Coagulation Instrumentation and Regulation.
She began by reviewing the common coagulation tests performed in
the laboratory and then the tests that were available at the point of
care. Dr. Zucker
continued with an in-depth explanation of ACT testing and finished with
tips for managing the coagulation point of care testing program.
To see her presentation click here. |
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| Vendor Presentation | Steve Beckman, Senior Product Manager with ITC, presented the new Configuration Manager Program that can be utilized with the Signature Plus instrument that ITC is releasing in early 2002. Steve also answered members’ questions regarding ITC products. | ||||
| Group Discussion |
The
founding members began with the question to the group of whether to
allow vendors to attend the meetings if they are not the sponsors.
After a lengthy discussion, it was determined that the current
policy (vendors may attend the lecture, but must leave before the
sponsor presentation and group discussion) would remain in place, but
that a break would be built in before the vendor presentations to allow
exiting time for the visiting vendors. A quick discussion ensued regarding Pam Hill’s JCAHO presentation. It was agreed that most institutions verify the manufacturer’s quality control ranges for their glucose testing.
A
member inquired as to whether the POCT Manager was responsible for
assisting with the care plan of an institution.
We emphatically agreed that it was NOT a point of care
responsibility. The
question was raised as to whether an acceptable percentage of difference
between repeats for glucose testing is listed in the policy.
Several members said that fasting results should be + or – 10%
for the repeat and if not, a lab value should be obtained. The
new wording of the CAP checklist was discussed for the POC section. See www.cap.org for new
POCT checklist. It
was asked if anyone does Calibration verification for ACT testing.
Very few do. QC procedures for fecal occult blood testing were discussed. Many have the performance monitors documented in the patient chart as “QC OK” or they use the meditape system. Most subscribe to a CAP survey for FOB testing. |
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| Next Meeting | Youville
Lifecare in Cambridge, MA February 6, 2002 |
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