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.
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 Moderately Complex Testing
Resources
Procedures
- ABL90 Flex
- Accula SARS-CoV-2
- ACT Liquid QC
- ACT-Plus
- ACT-LR
- Capillary Blood Collection
- Cepheid SARS-CoV-2
- Clinitek Urine Dipstick
- Clinitek Urine Pregnancy
- Creatinine
- EPOC Blood Analysis System
- Gastroccult
- Glucose-Nova
- Hemoccult
- Hemoglobin
- Hemoglobin A1C
- LumiraDx SARS -CoV-2 Antigen
- pH-Gastric
- pH-Hydrion
- pH-Nitrazine
- PPM Procedures
- Pregnancy (OSOM)
- PT/INR
- Radiometer ABL90 Patient Correlations
- Rapid HCV
- Rapid HIV-OraQuick ADVANCE
- Rapid Strep A
- Specific Gravity
- Tear Fluid Osmolarity
- Urine Dipstick
QC and Patient Result Logs
- Accula SARS-CoV-2
- Cepheid Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 Tests
- Creatinine Result Sheet
- Gastric pH
- Gastroccult
- Hemoglobin A1c
- Hemoccult
- LumiraDx SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Test
- pH Nitrazine QC Log Sheet
- Rapid HCV
- Rapid HIV 1/2 - OraQuick ADVANCE
- Rapid Strep A
- Specific Gravity
- Temperature Monitoring Logs
- Urine Dipsticks
- OSOM Urine Pregnancy (Manual)
Educational Materials
Fast Facts Sheets
- ABL90 Flex & Flex Plus Fast Facts
- Clinitek Status Plus
- Gastroccult
- Hemoccult
- HemoCue
- Hemoglobin A1c - Afinion
- LumiraDx SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Test
- Nova Glucose Fast Facts
- pH-Hydrion
- pH-Nitrazine
- Rapid Strep A
- Tear Lab
- Urine Dipstick-10SG
Trainer Checklist
Exams
Operator Skills Check Sheets
- ABL90 Flex
- Accula SARS-CoV-2 Test
- ACT/CVOR
- ACT-LR
- Cepheid Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 Tests
- Clinitek - Clinitest hCG
- Clinitek Urine Dipstick
- Coaguchek/INR
- Creatinine/StatSensor
- Gastroccult
- Gastric pH
- Glucose
- Glucose Arterial
- Glucose Venous
- Glucose Fingerstick
- Hemoccult
- Hemoglobin
- Hemoglobin A1c
- LumiraDx SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Test
- Manual Urine Pregnancy (OSOM)
- OraQuick HCV
- pH-Hydrion
- pH-Nitrazine
- Rapid Strep A
- Specific Gravity
- Tear Lab
- Urine Dipstick
- Urine Dipstick-10SG
Current Urine Controls
- Current Urine Controls (177481, 177482) (Posted 8/11/2022)
- Current Urine Controls (159211, 159212) (Posted 1/21/2022)
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