Abstract

ISO 22870:2016 gives specific requirements applicable to point-of-care testing and is intended to be used in conjunction with ISO 15189. The requirements of this document apply when POCT is carried out in a hospital, clinic and by a healthcare organization providing ambulatory care. This document can be applied to transcutaneous measurements, the analysis of expired air, and in vivo monitoring of physiological parameters.

Patient self-testing in a home or community setting is excluded, but elements of this document can be applicable.


General information 

  • Status
     :  Withdrawn
    Publication date
     : 2016-11
  • Edition
     : 2
    Number of pages
     : 11
  • Technical Committee
     : ISO/TC 212 Clinical laboratory testing and in vitro diagnostic test systems
  • ICS
     :
    03.120.10 Quality management and quality assurance
    11.100.01 Laboratory medicine in general

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