Table 2 Staff members responsible for performing and acting on POCT results
From: Point-of-care testing in Paediatric settings in the UK and Ireland: a cross-sectional study
Staff members who perform each POCT | ||||||||
Clinical Nurse | Healthcare assistant | ENP/ACP | Junior Doctor | Consultant | Other | Total | ||
Blood sugar | 135/325 (41.5%) | 2/325 (0.6%) | 71/325 (21.8%) | 61/325 (18.8%) | 54/325 (16.6%) | 2/325 (0.6%) | 325 (100%) | |
Urinalysis | 134/444 (30.2%) | 87/444 (19.6%) | 85/444 (19.1%) | 74/444 (16.7%) | 59/444 (13.3%) | 5/444 (1.1%) | 444 (100%) | |
Blood gas analysis | 107/471 (22.7%) | 46/471 (9.8%) | 86/471 (18.3%) | 121/471 (25.7%) | 109/471 (23.1%) | 2/471 (0.4%) | 471 (100%) | |
Blood Ketones | 120/292 (41.1%) | 0/292 (0%) | 70/292 (24%) | 52/292 (17.8%) | 47/292 (16.1%) | 3/292 (1%) | 292 (100%) | |
Urinary Beta HCG | 115/350 (32.9%) | 86/350 (24.6%) | 70/350 (20%) | 43/350 (12.3%) | 34/350 (9.7%) | 2/350 (0.6%) | 350 (100%) | |
Influenza | 45/105 (42.9%) | 19/105 (18.1%) | 22/105 (21%) | 10/105 (9.5%) | 9/105 (8.6%) | 0/105 (0%) | 105 (100%) | |
RSV | 39/84 (46.4%) | 14/84 (16.7%) | 17/84 (20.2%) | 7/84 (8.3%) | 5/84 (6%) | 2/84 (2.4%) | 84 (100%) | |
CRP | 6/43 (14%) | 2/43 (4.7%) | 11/43 (25.6%) | 13/43 (30.2%) | 11/43 (25.6%) | 0/43 (0%) | 43 (100%) | |
GAS | 4/14 (28.6%) | 3/14 (21.4%) | 3/14 (21.4%) | 2/14 (14.3%) | 2/14 (14.3%) | 0/14 (0%) | 14 (100%) | |
Pct | 0/4 (0%) | 0/4 (0%) | 0/4 (0%) | 2/4 (50%) | 2/4 (50%) | 0/4 (0%) | 4 (100%) | |
Total | 705/2132 (33.1%) | 259/2132 (12.1%) | 435/2132 (20.4%) | 385/2132 (18.1%) | 332/2132 (15.6%) | 16/2132 (0.8%) | 2132 (100%) | |
Staff who are responsible for acting on POCT results | ||||||||
Clinical Nurse | Healthcare assistant | ENP/ACP | Junior Trainee (eg ST1–3) | Senior non-Consultant (eg ST4+) | Consultant | Other | Total | |
Blood sugar | 97/601 (16.1%) | 10/601 (1.7%) | 93/601 (15.5%) | 132/601 (22%) | 135/601 (22.5%) | 132/601 (22%) | 2/601 (0.3%) | 601 (100%) |
Urinalysis | 59/555 (10.6%) | 13/555 (2.3%) | 91/555 (16.4%) | 128/555 (23.1%) | 132/555 (23.8%) | 130/555 (23.4%) | 2/555 (0.4%) | 555 (100%) |
Blood gas analysis | 33/493 (67.5%) | 4/493 (0.8%) | 80/493 (16.2%) | 120/493 (24.3%) | 127/493 (25.8%) | 127/493 (25.8%) | 2/493 (0.4%) | 493 (100%) |
Blood Ketones | 62/522 (11.9%) | 8/522 (1.5%) | 86/522 (16.5%) | 118/522 (22.6%) | 124/522 (23.8%) | 123/522 (23.6%) | 1/522 (0.2%) | 522 (100%) |
Urinary Beta hCG | 44/465 (9.5%) | 8/465 (1.7%) | 78/465 (16.8%) | 109/465 (23.4%) | 113/465 (24.3%) | 111/465 (23.9%) | 2/465 (0.4%) | 465 (100%) |
Influenza | 34/206 (16.5%) | 7/206 (3.4%) | 35/206 (17%) | 40/206 (19.4%) | 45/206 (21.8%) | 44/206 (21.4%) | 1/206 (0.5%) | 206 (100%) |
RSV | 32/181 (17.7%) | 3/181 (1.7%) | 29/181 (16%) | 36/181 (19.9%) | 40/181 (22.1%) | 40/181 (22.1%) | 1/181 (0.6%) | 181 (100%) |
CRP | 0/48 (0%) | 0/48 (0%) | 10/48 (20.8%) | 12/48 (25%) | 13/48 (27.1%) | 13/48 (27.1%) | 0/48 (0%) | 48 (100%) |
GAS | 0/19 (0%) | 0/19 (0%) | 4/19 (21.1%) | 5/19 (26.3%) | 5/19 (26.3%) | 5/19 (26.3%) | 0/19 (0%) | 19 (100%) |
Pct | 0/7 (0%) | 0/7 (0%) | 1/7 (14.3%) | 2/7 (28.6%) | 2/7 (28.6%) | 2/7 (28.6%) | 0/7 (0%) | 7 (100%) |
Total | 361/3097 (11.7%) | 53/3097 (1.7%) | 507/3097 (16.4%) | 702/3097 (22.7%) | 736/3097 (23.8%) | 727/3097 (23.5%) | 11/3097 (0.4%) | 3097 (100%) |