Welcome to Point-of-Care Testing
We are part of the Pathology Department at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. The purpose of this website is to provide quality assurance information to physicians and nurses.
Documents in this site are the property of the Department of Pathology, Point-of-Care Testing Office at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. These documents may only be used by those operators within the institution that have been trained to perform these tests.
Updates
- Current Urine Controls (73241, 73242) (Posted 4/6/2021)
- Current Urine Controls (24861, 24862) (Posted 12/8/2020)
- Current Urine Controls (44861, 44862) (Posted 4/10/2020)
Policies & Protocols
- Lab CAV Reporting
- Moderate Complex Testing QA Plan
- Microscopy Testing; Provider Performed
- POCT Grid
- Point-Of-Care Testing Policy
- Proficiency Testing
- Rapid HIV QA Plan
- Refrigerator Temp Monitoring and Maintenance
- Waived POCT Competency and Training Requirements
- Waived POCT QC Plan
- Weekend and Off-shift Back-up Plan for Modereately Complex Testing
Resources
Procedures
- ABL90 Flex
- ACT Liquid QC
- ACT-Plus
- ACT-LR
- Capillary Blood Collection
- Clinitek Urine Dipstick
- Clinitek Urine Pregnancy
- Creatinine
- EPOC Blood Analysis System
- Gastroccult
- Glucose-Nova
- Hemoccult
- Hemochron QC
- Hemoglobin
- Hemoglobin A1C
- pH-Hydrion
- pH-Nitrazine
- PPM Procedures
- Pregnancy
- PT/INR
- Radiometer ABL90 Patient Correlations
- Rapid HIV-OraQuick ADVANCE
- Rapid Strep A
- Specific Gravity
- Tear Fluid Osmolarity
- Timer Calibration Check
- Urine Dipstick
QC Logsheets
- Creatinine Result Sheet
- Gastic pH QC Log Sheet
- Gastroccult
- Hemoglobin A1c
- Hemoccult
- pH Nitrazine QC Log Sheet
- Rapid HIV 1/2 - OraQuick ADVANCE
- Rapid Strep A
- Specific Gravity
- Temperature Monitoring Logs
- Urine Dipsticks
- Urine Pregnancy (Manual)
Educational Materials
Self-Study Packets
- ABL90 Flex & Flex Plus Fast Facts
- Clinitek Status Plus
- Gastroccult
- Hemoccult
- HemoCue
- Afinion Hemoglobin A1c
- Nova Glucose Fast Facts
- pH-Hydrion
- pH-Nitrazine
- Rapid Strep A
- Urine Dipstick-10SG
- Urine Pregnancy (Manual)
Trainer Checklist
Exams
Operator Skills Check Sheets
- ABL90 Flex
- ACT/CVOR
- ACT-LR
- Clinitek - Clinitest hCG
- Clinitek Urine Dipstick
- Coaguchek/INR
- Creatinine/StatSensor
- Gastroccult
- Gastric pH
- Glucose
- Glucose Arterial
- Glucose Venous
- Glucose Fingerstick
- Hemoccult
- Hemoglobin
- Hemoglobin A1c
- Manual Urine Pregnancy
- OraQuick HCV
- pH-Hydrion
- pH-Nitrazine
- Rapid Strep A
- Specific Gravity
- Urine Dipstick
- Urine Dipstick-10SG
Additional Resources
Contact Us
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Point-of-Care Testing Office
CMSC SB-201
600 N. Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21287
Hours: Mon-Fri, 8:30am - 3:30pm
Phone: 410-955-2645
Fax: 410-502-2232
Program Director: 410-502-7692