Pharmacy Technicians and Point of Care Testing

Point-of-care testing for infectious diseases: opportunities, barriers, and considerations in community pharmacy.

OBJECTIVES To identify opportunities to perform point-of-care (POC) testing and/or screening for infectious diseases in community pharmacies, provide an overview of such tests and how they are used in current practice, discuss how the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) affect pharmacists performing POC testing, and identify and discuss barriers and provide recommendations...

Using clinical pharmacy support technicians to optimize pharmaceutical care in the intensive care unit.

Even as the scope of pharmacy practice expands, impediments to optimal delivery of pharmaceutical care remain. These include shortages of pharmacists, increasing complexity of medication regimens, and increasing acuity of patients and the associated workload. Pharmacy technicians are well positioned to augment direct patient care services because of their knowledge of the medication distributio...

Correlation between Standard Clinical Chemistry and Point of Care Testing Analyzers on Hemoglobin A1C Determination

Scope of contemporary pharmacy practice: roles, responsibilities, and functions of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.

OBJECTIVE To provide an overview of the current context and scope of pharmacy practice, the range of professional services offered by pharmacists, and the supporting role of pharmacy technicians. DATA SYNTHESIS A synopsis of the current state of pharmacy practice as it relates to the spectrum of professional roles and responsibilities, the diversity of patient populations served, the complexi...

Point-of-Care Testing and Creatinine Measurement.

This paper reviews the current status of point-of-care testing (PoCT) devices that are available for measuring whole blood or serum/plasma creatinine globally and within Australasia. Information on non-analytical specifications and analytical performance is provided using data sourced from recently published literature, external quality assurance programs and evaluative work by the author's uni...