Guidelines for Safe and Effective Management and Use of Point of Care Testing in Primary and Community Care

14 December 2009

The Irish Medicines Board in association with the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI), the Health Service Executive (HSE), the Faculty of Pathology (RCPI), the Association of Clinical Biochemists in Ireland (ACBI), and the Academy of Medical Laboratory Science (AMLS) has produced ‘Guidelines for Safe and Effective Management and Use of Point of Care Testing in Primary and Community Care’. These guidelines extend the principles outlined in the Point of Care testing guidelines published by the IMB in 2007, from hospital to community settings. These guidelines are also supported by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA).

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