Qualitätssicherung der patientennahen Sofortdiagnostik (Point-of-Care-Testing) im Krankenhaus: Muster für eine hausinterne Richtlinie / Quality assurance in bedside testing at the hospital: sample guidelines for internal use

The following recommendations are based on the instructions of the “Richtlinie der Bundesärztekammer zur Qualitätssicherung quantitativer laboratoriums-medizinischer Untersuchungen” according to the decision of the executive board of the Bundesärztekammer (RiliBäk) as of August 24th 2001. They have exemplary character for hospitals in which the internal quality control of point-of-care testing is under the responsibility of the central laboratory. The recommendations focus on blood glucose, but are also applicable to other analytes with only slight modifications.