Our Point of Care Testing (POCT) Laboratory and several decentralized laboratories provide support to all areas performing point-of-care/bedside testing and near-bedside testing. The extensive test menu includes several waived tests, including whole blood glucose, urine hCG, urine dipstick, rapid HIV, and several other tests performed by patient care personnel. The POCT test menu also includes moderately complex tests such as blood gas testing, activated clotting time (ACT) testing, and several provider-performed tests. We are also responsible for continuous compliance with all the regulatory requirements to accrediting agencies such as the College of American Pathologists, Clinical Laboratory Improvements Amendment, and the Joint Commission.

Experts

Tests

  • Activated Clotting Time: ACT LR and ACT Plus 
  • Amnio swab by Pro-Lab AmnioTest
  • CoV-2/Flu/RSV plus by Cepheid GeneXpert 
  • EPOC blood gas, chemistry and CO-Oximetry
  • Fern Test Examination of Amniotic Fluid by Microscopy
  • GEM 5000 blood gas, chemistry and CO-Oximetry
  • Glucose, non-fasting by Accu-chek Inform II
  • Glucose, non-fasting by Microdot
  • Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) by DCA Vantage
  • Microbial Identification Test by BD Affirm VPIII 
  • Occult blood by Hemoccult Single Slide
  • POC INR by Roche CoaguChek XS PRO
  • Rapid Strep A, manual by QuickVue In-Line
  • Rapid Strep A by Cepheid GeneXpert 
  • Rapture of Membrane by ROM Plus 
  • Skin Scraping for Parasite by Microscopy
  • Urine Dipstick by Siemens Clinitek Status Connect
  • Urine Dipstick, manual by Multistix 10 SG 
  • Urine (hCG) Pregnancy by Siemens Clinitek Status Connect
  • Urine (hCG) Pregnancy, manual Rapid test by Cardinal Health
  • Urine Sedimentation by Microscopy
  • Wet Mount and KOH Prep by Microscopy