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Table 3 Responsibility for POCT governance and documentation/storage

From: Point-of-care testing in Paediatric settings in the UK and Ireland: a cross-sectional study

 

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%)

  1. POCT Point-of-Care Test, hCG human Chorionic Gonadotrophin, RSV Respiratory Syncytial Virus, CRP C-reactive protein