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Jeremy MacDonald posted a reply on Re: FOB - moving away from POC
Wednesday, Dec 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Said: Oh, we definitely got the response you cited, we stressed it was only a matter of time before we got regulatorily citied and lost the ability to perform the test at all, this in conjunction with the cost savings and assurances that the ...
James Beck posted a reply on Re: FOB - moving away from POC
Wednesday, Dec 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Said: Definitely agree with all those justifications, I am simply saying I am surprised you are not met with a response of "we know all that but we don't care - we need a quick test and do not want to wait for lab to process and result - we a...
Jeremy MacDonald posted a reply on Re: FOB - moving away from POC
Wednesday, Dec 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Said: When we proposed a transiting away from point-of-care (POC) fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) to a laboratory-performed immunological test, several issues with the traditional guaiac-based method were reviewed: The traditi...
James Beck posted a reply on Re: FOB - moving away from POC
Wednesday, Dec 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Said: I don't have any suggestions for you, but I am surprised you are able to get your clinical areas to go along with this idea? Yes, of course there are better, more specific and sensitive tests now, but for the purposes that the old...
Brian Castle posted a new Topic
Wednesday, Dec 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
FOB - moving away from POC
Hi all,
For those of you who have discontinued POC fecal occult blood testing, how did you address the needs of your respective clinical areas?
We are on the verge of removing this test from ED settings, and I am working with clinicians and our main lab to envision an alternate scenario.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
For those of you who have discontinued POC fecal occult blood testing, how did you address the needs of your respective clinical areas?
We are on the verge of removing this test from ED settings, and I am working with clinicians and our main lab to envision an alternate scenario.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
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