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James Beck posted a reply on Re: Eye pH - POC test or not

Thursday, Mar 30, 2017 at 3:01 PM

Said: : "It's a bit of a grey area and I've seen it defended both ways. We cover ourselves by defining it as a POC test and use the Hydrion plastic pH indicator strips from MicroEssential - range is 0-14. These easily lend themselves to that sett...

Lois Snider posted a reply on Re: Eye pH - POC test or not

Thursday, Mar 30, 2017 at 2:36 PM

Said: : "We do the same as Rick. I had the same analogy too but he beat me to it. lol. Lois"

Rick Deerfield posted a reply on Re: Eye pH - POC test or not

Thursday, Mar 30, 2017 at 2:10 PM

Said: : "We treat this as a POC test. While a "specimen" that can be labeled is not collected a specimen is collected on the pH paper. To me the specimen is very similar to the specimen collected for whole blood glucose, in that it is not labele...

Jeremy Williford posted a reply on Re: Eye pH - POC test or not

Thursday, Mar 30, 2017 at 12:45 PM

Said: : "It shouldn’t be considered a Lab test since no specimen is collected. J Jeremy Williford, PBT (ASCP) Point of Care Support Specialist, Clinical Laboratory Services South Georgi...

Ivy Douglas posted a new Topic

Thursday, Mar 30, 2017 at 12:29 PM

Eye pH - POC test or not

: "The eye pH discussion is going on at our facility. Is it a POC test or not since no "specimen" is being collected? Are you using the strips in tape form or the long ones with multi-pads and if the long ones, how does that work for an eye?"

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