Ophthalmology POC Tests
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Does any one have an Eye Center that performs Tear Osmolarity or the Inflammadry Tear Test for the MMP-9 Protein?
Any feedback or helpful hints? Our eye center will be adding both tests.
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In our organization, there is an Ophthalmology clinic that have been using the TearLab system to measure the osmolarity of human tears to aid in the diagnosis of dry eye disease. I am not aware of the MMP-9 Protein test.
Do you oversee the testing as a POCC or does the clinic manage the test?
Our clinic uses TearLab and we just stopped using InflammaDry (MMP-9). The department was using the tests before I started (and I am the first in my position)(POCC) so I have been playing catch up. I will say that our opthamology department techs (MAs?) do a really good job of performing and documenting QC, but there isn't a formal training/competency guide/sheet yet. This is something that I am still working on. If you have any specific questions I'd be happy to try to answer them.
jill.dwyer@polyclinic.com
We do oversee this test and is part of our CAP activity menu. We manage the quality assurance by providing initial training, annual recertification, quality control and temperature monitoring; and biannual correlations.