Testing in Patient Rooms
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For those of us who have ambulatory clinics...Do you allow any of the POCT in patient rooms?
I have never allowed the actual testing in the rooms with the exception of glucose.
Any thoughts? If you do or do not allow why?
My reasoning is I do not want to have the instrument and supplies in multiple areas and have to monitor multiple temp/humidity, patient/QC logs and supplies (exp dating, ect). Plus I just do not like having all that in patient rooms where "things" might happen to them.
I have never allowed the actual testing in the rooms with the exception of glucose.
Any thoughts? If you do or do not allow why?
My reasoning is I do not want to have the instrument and supplies in multiple areas and have to monitor multiple temp/humidity, patient/QC logs and supplies (exp dating, ect). Plus I just do not like having all that in patient rooms where "things" might happen to them.
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Agree/ we rarely do testing in an exam room with POC glucose the exception.
We did during pandemic in areas we only did respiratory triage and patient care in defined space away from well patient visits aka collecting for send outs and performing waived complexity for only respiratory testing (because of the heightened PPE requirements).