HOME-USE PROTHROMBIN TIME TESTS REQUIRE PATIENT, PHYSICIAN TRAINING TO ENSURE PROPER RESULTS, PANEL MEMBERS SAY; POSTMARKET SURVEILLANCE SUGGESTED
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Patient and physician training in the use of home prothrombin time tests is needed to ensure proper results, members of FDA's Hematology and Pathology Devices Panel recommended at a Sept. 5 meeting in Rockville, Maryland.