1 Your laboratory is in charge of overseeing the QC program for the glucometers

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Your laboratory is in charge of overseeing the QC program for the glucometers (POCT) in use in your hospital. You notice that the ward staff is not following proper procedure for running QC. For example, in this case, the glucometer QC was rerun 3 times in a row in an effort to have the results in control. The first 2 runs were both 13s. The last run did rerun to less than 2 SDs. Discuss what you feel would be correct follow-up procedure for dealing with the out of control results.

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In choosing a different analyzer for a physician group clinic lab and a large hospital system, what specific laboratory needs would the analyzers need to meet for each? In other words, what type of instrument selection process for each? Please discuss your choices.

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Please find the answers below:

Part 1: Although proper care and handling are necessary for such ponit-of-care instruments, but the following follow-up can be taken to ensure proper results even after frequent mishandling episodes:

Part 2: The type of instrument selected is very crucial for medical diagnosis. The importance of instrument selection process can be discussed and enlisted as below:

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