Standards for point-of-care testing

Introduction

Accreditation of a general practice that performs PoCT

Accreditation of a general practice that performs PoCT

For a practice to be accredited against the Standards for PoCT: 

  •  the practice must be accredited against the Standards for general practices (5th edition)  
  • the practice must be formally assessed against the Standards for PoCT by an accrediting agency approved under the National General Practice Accreditation Scheme (the Scheme), which commenced on 1 January 2017; a list of approved accrediting agencies can be found here 
  • the PoCT accreditation visit can occur concurrently with or after the general practice accreditation visit.   

In these Standards, a PoC Practitioner is any employee or contractor in the service who performs PoCT, including Practice Nurses

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