Point of Care urine HCG or lab processed blood HCG

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Ha, YOU try talking to our clipboard carriers. They are a totally
different breed of stubborn.

William J. Bromberg, MD, FACS
Savannah Surgical Group
912 350-7412

>>> <Krin135 at aol.com> 2/3/2009 2:36 PM >>>
I find this interesting, as all three of the test were considered 
'waivered' 
tests under CLIA, and can be done in any clinic office with little or 
no 
oversight. Add in the relatively inexpensive automated dipstick
readers, and  
what this seems to be is a billing protection issue, not a 'patient 
safety 
issue.' It's bad enough that some labs are trying to claim fingerstick 
blood 
glucose measurements, but at least that requires periodic control 
samples...with 
the modern urine hCG dipsticks, there is a built in control on  every
test.
 
 
In a message dated 2/3/2009 13:12:16 Central Standard Time,  
brombwi1 at memorialhealth.com writes:

Our lab  has recently banned POC urine HCGs because they are "not
calibrated" — see  also POC urine dipsticks and Hemocrits

William J. Bromberg, MD,  FACS
Savannah Surgical Group
912  350-7412

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