Table 3.
Responsibility for POCT governance and documentation/storage
| Who is responsible for POCT governance? | How and where are POCT results stored? | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laboratory team take full responsibility for governance | Clinical staff take some responsibility for governance, in conjunction with laboratory teams | Other | Not applicable | Total | Handwritten in clinical record | Manual entry in electronic record | Printed out and stuck in record | Auto upload to electronic system | Other | Not applicable | Total | |
| Blood sugar | 25/99 (25.3%) | 69/99 (69.7%) | 5/99 (5.1%) | 0/99 (0%) | 99 (100%) | 54/111 (48.6%) | 32/111 (28.8%) | 12/111 (10.8%) | 13/111 (11.7%) | 0/111 (0%) | 0/111 (0%) | 111 (100%) |
| Urinalysis | 22/94 (23.4%) | 66/94 (70.2%) | 5/94 (5.3%) | 1/94 (1.1%) | 94 (100%) | 37/111 (33.3%) | 27/111 (24.3%) | 42/111 (37.8%) | 5/111 (4.5%) | 0/111 (0%) | 0/111 (0%) | 111 (100%) |
| Blood gas | 53/99 (53.5%) | 43/99 (43.4%) | 3/99 (3%) | 0/99 (0%) | 99 (100%) | 23/142 (16.2%) | 12/142 (8.5%) | 64/142 (45.1%) | 42/142 (29.6%) | 1/142 (0.7%) | 0/142 (0%) | 142 (100%) |
| Blood Ketones | 23/92 (25%) | 63/92 (68.5%) | 6/92 (6.5%) | 0/92 (0%) | 92 (100%) | 52/104 (52%) | 32/104 (30.8%) | 9/104 (8.7%) | 11/104 (10.6%) | 0/104 (0%) | 0/104 (0%) | 104 (100%) |
| Urinary Beta hCG | 17/82 (20.7%) | 58/82 (70.7%) | 4/82 (4.9%) | 3/82 (3.7%) | 82 (100%) | 36/91 (39.6%) | 25/91 (27.5%) | 27/91 (29.7%) | 3/91 (3.3%) | 0/91 (0%) | 0/91 (0%) | 91 (100%) |
| Influenza | 20/41 (48.8%) | 21/41 (51.2%) | 0/41 (0%) | 0/41 (0%) | 41 (100%) | 17/50 (34%) | 8/50 (16%) | 11/50 (22%) | 13/50 (26%) | 1/50 (2%) | 0/50 (0%) | 50 (100%) |
| RSV | 16/34 (47.1%) | 18/34 (52.9%) | 0/34 (0%) | 0/34 (0%) | 34 (100%) | 14/45 (31.1%) | 8/45 (17.8%) | 8/45 (17.8%) | 14/45 (31.1%) | 1/45 (2.2%) | 0/45 (0%) | 45 (100%) |
| CRP | 8/12 (66.7%) | 4/12 (33.3%) | 0/12 (0%) | 0/12 (0%) | 12 (100%) | 4/15 (26.7%) | 1/15 (6.7%) | 5/15 (33.3%) | 5/15 (33.3%) | 0/15 (0%) | 0/15 (0%) | 15 (100%) |
| Group A Streptococcus | 1/5 (20%) | 2/5 (40%) | 2/5 (40%) | 0/5 (0%) | 5 (100%) | 3/4 (75%) | 1/4 (25%) | 0/4 (0%) | 0/4 (0%) | 0/4 (0%) | 0/4 (0%) | 4 (100%) |
| Procalcitonin | 1/3 (33.3%) | 2/3 (66.7%) | 0/3 (0%) | 0/3 (0%) | 3 (100%) | 1/4 (25%) | 0/4 (0%) | 2/4 (50%) | 1/4 (25%) | 0/4 (0%) | 0/4 (0%) | 4 (100%) |
| Total; n (n% of total for each section) | 186/561 (33.2%) | 346/561 (61.7%) | 25/561 (4.5%) | 4/561 (0.7%) | 561 (100%) | 241/677 (35.6%) | 146/677 (21.6%) | 180/677 (26.6%) | 107/677 (15.8%) | 3/677 (0.4%) | 0/677 (0%) | 677 (100%) |
POCT Point-of-Care Test, hCG human Chorionic Gonadotrophin, RSV Respiratory Syncytial Virus, CRP C-reactive protein