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Said: : "Several years ago we were told during an inspection that if we did not do all six requirements then we needed to do 3 and one of those had to be Direct Observation of testing. We do all 6 as nursing did not understand why Moderately Comp...

Said: : "Marcia-   One of our lawyers caught this for us, but the Georgia laws do not distinguish between “waived” and “non-waived” here under competency.           Jeremy Williford                                                           Poin...

Said: : "I used the Nova StatStrip which is waived; and am inspected by the Joint Commission. I use Net Learning for the Nova. I have a SCORM file from Nova that was loaded on Net Learning. It's a training/test module that the nurses are assigned...

Said: : "Jeremy, Could you please tell me where you got your information. I have never had to check all six elements for competency for waived testing. Is this something new and when did it change? Thanks, Marcia Britt"

Said: : "In the state of Georgia we are required by GA law to use all 6 elements of performance for all “Point of Care” testing.   Jeremy Williford                                                           Point of Care Support Specialist, Clini...