POCT Flashcards
POC tests
- B type natriuretic peptide (BNP)
- Cardiac Troponin (TnT)
- Cholesterol
- Coagulation testing (ACT, PT, and APTT)
- EKG
- Glucose
- Hemoglobin
- Chemistry panels
POCT Hemoglobin
- uses handheld hemoglobin analyzer
- can analyze arterial, venous, or dermal blood
- whole blood sample placed on test strip
POCT Hematocrit
-blood in microhematocrit tube spun in table top centrifuge
POCT Coagulation
- monitor patients with clotting disorders on therapy
- handheld instruments
- whole blood from dermal or citrated blood from venipuncture
POCT ACT
- monitors heparin therapy
- blood collected in prewarmed tube with coagulation activator
- incubated at 37 degrees for 1 minute
- inspect for clot every 5 seconds
POCT ancillary blood glucose test
for diabetes mellitus, usual blood sugar test
POCT hemoglobin A1C
hand held monitor, monitors effectiveness of diabetes therapy
POCT cholesterol
- uses color test card
- whole blood from dermal or heparinized venous sample
POCT blood gases and electrolytes
- require more training
- uses whole blood
Common electrolytes
sodium, potassium, calcium, chloride, bicarbonate
BNP
B type natriuretic peptide
B type natriuretic peptide
hormone made in response to ventricular volume and pressure overload, increases with congestive heart disease
POCT occult blood
uses card kit or slide, guaiac based test
POCT urinalysis
- specimen must be at room temp and mixed well
- uses color changing dipstick
Other CLIA waived test
- pregnancy tests
- infectious diseases
- rapid group A streptococcus
- respiratory syncytial virus
- influenza A and B
- Helicobacter pylori
- infectious mononucleosis
- HIV
