Annales de Biologie Clinique
MENUGuidelines for the management of point-of care testing pre-examination, examination and post-examination phases according to the EN ISO 22870 standard Volume 70, hors-série 1, Hors série n°1, Février 2012 - Vol. 2 : Phase post-analytique - Biologie délocalisée
Authors
A. Vassault, V. Annaix, C. Houlbert, Z. Berkane, M. Vaubourdolle, J. Goudable, M.C. Guimont, P. Pernet
Groupe de travail SFBC « Accréditation des laboratoires de biologie médicale » (coordonnateur M. Vaubourdolle)
- Key words: accreditation, point-of-care testing, ISO 22870, validation of method, quality control, traceability
- DOI : 10.1684/abc.2012.0682
- Page(s) : 233-48
- Published in: 2012
Quality of point-of-care examinations depends on the quality assurance system settled. This paper describes the different tools used to control the pre-examination, examination and post-examination procedures taking part in the quality of patient care according to the requirements of the standard EN ISO 22870 and EN ISO 15189 as well. They include mainly: For the pre-examination phase, the sample traceability and for the analytical phase, the practice of internal quality control and the participation in external quality assessment programme.