TY - JOUR
T1 - Executive summary. The National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory Medicine Practice Guideline
T2 - Evidence-based practice for point-of-care testing
AU - Nichols, James H.
AU - Christenson, Robert H.
AU - Clarke, William
AU - Gronowski, Ann
AU - Hammett-Stabler, Catherine A.
AU - Jacobs, Ellis
AU - Kazmierczak, Steve
AU - Lewandrowski, Kent
AU - Price, Christopher
AU - Sacks, David B.
AU - Sautter, Robert L.
AU - Shipp, Gregg
AU - Sokoll, Lori
AU - Watson, Ian D.
AU - Winter, William
AU - Zucker, Marcia L.
N1 - Funding Information:
Development and publication of these guidelines was supported by grants from the American Association for Clinical Chemistry and Radiometer Copenhagen. The organizing committee would like to thank the following professional societies for their contributions to the guidelines:
PY - 2007/4
Y1 - 2007/4
N2 - Background: Point-of-care testing (POCT) is clinical laboratory testing conducted close to the site of patient care. POCT has the potential to provide faster test results and therapeutic intervention with improved patient outcomes. However, when over-utilized or used inappropriately POCT results can be misleading and increase healthcare costs. Methods: The National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry developed evidence-based Laboratory Medicine Practice Guidelines for POCT. Results: These Laboratory Medicine Practice Guidelines systematically review the scientific literature relating POCT to clinical outcomes and offer recommendations to improve the clinical utility of POCT. Conclusions: These guidelines will be useful to clinicians considering the addition of POCT, to those that question current practices in POCT, and to clinicians seeking evidence-based support for POCT in clinical management. These guidelines represent the most comprehensive systematic review of the POCT literature to date and will help define future research that is needed to add to our current POCT knowledge base.
AB - Background: Point-of-care testing (POCT) is clinical laboratory testing conducted close to the site of patient care. POCT has the potential to provide faster test results and therapeutic intervention with improved patient outcomes. However, when over-utilized or used inappropriately POCT results can be misleading and increase healthcare costs. Methods: The National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry developed evidence-based Laboratory Medicine Practice Guidelines for POCT. Results: These Laboratory Medicine Practice Guidelines systematically review the scientific literature relating POCT to clinical outcomes and offer recommendations to improve the clinical utility of POCT. Conclusions: These guidelines will be useful to clinicians considering the addition of POCT, to those that question current practices in POCT, and to clinicians seeking evidence-based support for POCT in clinical management. These guidelines represent the most comprehensive systematic review of the POCT literature to date and will help define future research that is needed to add to our current POCT knowledge base.
KW - Evidence-based medicine
KW - Point-of-care testing
KW - Practice guidelines
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cca.2006.12.025
DO - 10.1016/j.cca.2006.12.025
M3 - Article
C2 - 17270169
AN - SCOPUS:33847682623
SN - 0009-8981
VL - 379
SP - 14
EP - 28
JO - Clinica Chimica Acta
JF - Clinica Chimica Acta
IS - 1-2
ER -