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POCT Compliance and POCT Website Webinar |
This webinar discussed POCT
compliance and strategies to improve staff conformance with
institutional policies. Problems with POCT QC, temperature
monitoring, and action plans will be emphasized with ways to
enhance conformity through communication and changes to the
overall POCT program. Development of a POCT website will be
focused as one means of disseminating information and moving
to a paperless program.
Objectives: After
viewing this webinar, attendees will be able to:
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Identify common compliance
issues with POCT programs
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Discuss strategies to improve
POCT compliance
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Develop a simple POCT website
using Microsoft Word
Vendor Sponsors: Alere;
Eurotrol; Hemocue; MAS; Radiometer
About our
Presenter: Jim Nichols is a
Professor of Pathology at Tufts University School of
Medicine and Medical Director, Clinical Chemistry for Bay
State Health in Springfield, MA. Jim received his B.A. in
General Biology/Pre-medicine from Revelle College,
University of California at San Diego. He went on to
complete a Masters and Doctorate in Biochemistry from the
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Nichols was a
fellow in the Postdoctoral Training Program in Clinical
Chemistry at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. He is board
certified in both Clinical Chemistry and Toxicological
Chemistry by the American Board of Clinical Chemistry. Dr.
Nichols spent several years as Associate Director of
Clinical Chemistry, Director of Point-of-Care Testing, and
an Associate Professor of Pathology at Johns Hopkins Medical
Institutions prior to moving to Massachusetts. Bay State
Health includes Franklin Medical Center, Mary Lane Hospital
and Bay State Medical Center, a leading acute care center in
New England. Jim is responsible for Clinical Chemistry
including core automated chemistry, immunoassay,
endocrinology, toxicology/therapeutic drug analysis,
estoteric and point of care testing conducted through Bay
State Reference Laboratories, one of America’s largest
hospital-based outreach programs. Dr. Nichols’ research
interests span evidence-based medicine, information
management, laboratory automation, point-of-care testing and
toxicology.
