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James Beck posted a reply on Re: POC glucose testing on hospital staff
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Said: We do have as part of our system policy (20+ hospitals) that employee/self-testing with the hospital glucose meter equipment is prohibited. That is not to say it never happens, but we do not condone it, and we track the instances ...
Deanna Bogner posted a reply on Re: POC glucose testing on hospital staff
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Said: We do not allow testing on employees. If discovered, it is a variance report. The policy is if an employee does not feel well they go to the ER.Our employee health nurse does not have a meter, because she can't write an or...
Elizabeth St Pierre posted a reply on Re: POC glucose testing on hospital staff
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Said: That is big no no for point of care testing here in NY at least. Any test done on anyone has to have a providers order. If an employee is ill, they need to be in the ER or urgent care to have testing done. The back tracking is a hassle ...
POC glucose testing on hospital staff
Do any of you have a policy/procedure that allows POC glucose testing on staff while working? The issue came up a few weeks ago when a nurse was not feeling well and the charge nurse wanted to check the nurse's blood sugar. Our meters are set up to force the operator to scan a patient ID. Another concern is how do they follow up with an abnormal result? I've heard of other facilities that have a "employee illness" nurse on duty that can be in charge of these types of things during her sh...
Jeremy MacDonald posted a reply on Re: Reference Range and Waived Testing
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Said: I'm not entirely clear on how CLIA would interpret that, at a minimum I would expect regulatory to question the differences and you would have to respond. I would expect that your patient care givers (physicians) would question th...
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