Point of Care and Occ Health
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We have an Occupational Health Department that also acts as a convenient care. Does anyone know if Occ Health follows different guidelines when it comes to drug screens? Our Occ Health has I-cup, e-screen, x cup, and M-cup. Do the drug screens then fall under point of care testing when it come to regulations and inspections?
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We do, as long as the staff are not performing any readings and sending the tests out as a "kit" for reads elsewhere, and are just acting as a collection center, then no regulations apply.
They also use the M-cup that is initially read by staff, who perform the CAP mandated waived testing education.
We also have a facility that collects Occ Health samples for sendout. They send to various ref labs depending on the contracts individual businesses have. There is one particular cup that includes a screening test in the lid, which is waived. For that one I do have them complete an annual competency since it is an actual test that they interpret.