Essentials of a Quality Program for Point of Care Devices

Hosted by: 
El Camino Hospital, 2500 Grant Road, Mountain View, CA
Main Hospital Back of the Cafeteria
Speaker:
Diana Blanco, MT, SC (ASCP), Manager, Clinical Applications
International Technidyne Corporation

RSVP:

Course Description:

This program will review current recommendations to implement and maintain POC instruments ensuring regulatory compliance.  Procedures to demonstrate system accuracy, determination of analytical measurement range, system precision, verification of reference ranges and calibration will be addressed.  This program will also include a workshop assisting the participants in entering correlation and precision data into templates for statistical assessment of instrument performance.

Learning Objectives:

At the completion of the course, the attendee should describe the following:

1. Methods to maintain specimen integrity between reference analyzer and new device testing device.

2. How to determine the ranges necessary to validate linearity for AMR testing.

3. Variables that can produce preanalytical errors while performing precision testing.

4. Three variables that should be considered when determining reference ranges.

5. What elements are required to be in a laboratory POC Quality Program

This course is presented at an INTERMEDIATE level of instruction.

4.5 contact hours will be awarded for attendance.

International Technidyne Corporation is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E. Program for California.

Directions:

• El Camino Hospital is located at 2500 Grant Road, Mountain View, CA 94040

• The meeting will be held in the main hospital in the back cafeteria

• Click here for directions

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