Department has no Glucometer but might need CBG testing
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Our infusion center has no glucometer, but might need to do a testing on a patient because of the procedure they're undergoing. The Wound clinic next door, however, has available glucometers. Is it okay to use those meters (transporting the meter instead of the patient) and provided an authorized user will perform the testing? I did suggest if the patient could come to our outpatient department since they can do the testing, but it is outside of our hospital and I am not sure how mobile the patient will be to go back and forth, also the wait can be long. I am aware that the meters are department-specific in our facility, but I'm not sure if that's just because of the location that the meters have to be assigned. We have the Nova StatStrip meters by the way. Looking forward to your kind responses as I am new to navigating this role!
Our infusion center has no glucometer, but might need to do a testing on a patient because of the procedure they're undergoing. The Wound clinic next door, however, has available glucometers. Is it okay to use those meters (transporting the meter instead of the patient) and provided an authorized user will perform the testing? I did suggest if the patient could come to our outpatient department since they can do the testing, but it is outside of our hospital and I am not sure how mobile the patient will be to go back and forth, also the wait can be long. I am aware that the meters are department-specific in our facility, but I'm not sure if that's just because of the location that the meters have to be assigned. We have the Nova StatStrip meters by the way. Looking forward to your kind responses as I am new to navigating this role!
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You didn't state what regulatory body you are accredited with, if CAP/JC or other
As you mentioned, provided the user has completed the certification steps to use the glucometer... *maybe*. We have departments in our campus that share meters and its acceptable.
Other things to consider that are not clear in your question: Are both locations under your laboratory's licensure umbrella, are they both part of your campus? You mentioned one being outside of the hospital. For example, we have locations that are across the street that fall under the campus umbrella and are OK, but physician offices on campus that are NOT. We also have to deal with "for-profit vs non-profit" depts, for-profit depts can not use our glucometers.
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