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Said: CLIA regulated assays- ACT isn't one of them and was confirmed by JC. (You're going to have to do deep dive in CLIA regulations, I can't recall the exact location of the listed assays).This is just pertaining to PT participation. 6 mont...

Said: @Melisa Wagoner - what do you mean by "not regulated" for ACT's?We do not do PT's on analytes where we are not the gold standard/primary method. The primary method performs the PT's and then we do method comparisons every 6 mont...

Said: Yes, this is true. You also don't have to do PT on non-regulated analytes. You will have to follow QSA.01.05.01 to semiannually evaluate accuracy and reliability of those results.We chose to no longer do PT on ACT testing a...

Said: We don't do PT on devices when the lab has the primary instrument--blood gas, metabolites, glucose, etc. We do alternative proficiency on those tests. This is only if the lab and POCT are under the same CLIA. We are already doing compar...