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Jo Win posted a reply on Re: Competency Reset

Friday, Mar 20, 2026 at 3:47 PM

Said: To Sherilyn: I don't have anything in my policy. This question would be asked for CAP or Joint Commision.

Sherilyn Solanick posted a reply on Re: Competency Reset

Friday, Mar 20, 2026 at 3:44 PM

Said: Who is your accreditation agency? A question for them I think. That being said, I think if they miss the 6 months, you would have to train again. What is in you policy?

Jo Win posted a new Topic

Friday, Mar 20, 2026 at 3:29 PM

Competency Reset

I was wondering what everyone's view of this idea.
Let us look at a hypothetical situation:
Suppose someone is trained and competencied for a non waived device at the 6 month mark and then goes on medical leave for some time and goes past the 12 month and maybe the annual - would you reset their competency period or would you competency them and call it what it would have been if it was at that point in their competency assessment period.

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Xu Li posted a reply on Re: Emergency ID use followup

Friday, Mar 20, 2026 at 2:40 PM

Said: Thank you all for the responses. It is a constant battle within our facilities since we have over 400 POC devices. We will definitely put this in the quality indicator next year. Thanks again.Xu

Brian Wittkop posted a reply on Re: Emergency ID use followup

Friday, Mar 20, 2026 at 2:14 PM

Said: Hi Xu,This is definitely hard to manage. I follow up on every POCT unknown ID and if its done on an employee or visitor with no rapid response or code called we communicate with the manager and the staff member and re-educate that P...