STANDARDS FOR POINT-OF-CARE IVD SIMPLE QUALITY CHECKS SHOULD BE DEVELOPED
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
STANDARDS FOR POINT-OF-CARE IVD SIMPLE QUALITY CHECKS SHOULD BE DEVELOPED by manufacturers of the devices, a National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry panel concluded at a May 6-7 meeting in Philadelphia. Noting that "the quality of specimen is [a] key issue," the group recommended that point-of-care in vitro diagnostics manufacturers develop device standards to "automatically flag sample quality problems."