Point of Care Testing
As laboratory testing devices become
increasingly smaller and easier to use, lab tests
can now be done more frequently at the point of care
(the patient's home or bedside). Familiar Point of
Care tests (POCT) are blood glucose kits, pregnancy
kits, strep tests, and others. The Department of Pathology,
Division of Laboratory Medicine trains and certifies
POCT testing throughout the MGH.
Are you performing POCT tests but not enrolled in
the POCT Program?
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Program
Description 
POCT
Enrollment Form (includes instructions)
Are you enrolled in the POCT program and looking for
the updated manual or other information?
POCT Procedure Manual
POCT Program Objectives
1. Identify and assist non-Department of Pathology
testing sites with maintaining compliance with the
federal regulations under the Clinical Laboratory
Improvement Amendments of 1988.
2. Assist those testing sites with meeting and maintaining
JCAHO standards required for hospital accreditation.
3. Maintain a single standard of quality throughout
the institution.
Contacts:
Gene Pagnani, POCT Coordinator PPD link
Rashmi Gunderia, POCT Coordinator PPD link
Mary Ann Walsh, Patient Care Services Coordinator PPD link
Kent Lewandrowski, M.D., POCT Medical Director PPD link
Kim Gregory, POCT Associate Director PPD link
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