| Purpose: | To provide a venue for collaborating to share challenges associated with POCT and to facilitate the development of strategies aimed at improving the quality of POCT in our institutions. |
| Chair: | Julie Shaw |
| Chair Term of Office: | 2014 - present |
| Members: | Lynn Allen Aslan Berna Vidyasagar Bhagadi Vipin Bhayana David Blank Ihssan Bouhtiauy Yu Chen David Cole Tom Dembinski Valerian Dias Ted Dunn Lei Fu Arun Garg Yun Huang Steve Keys Adil Khan Nathalie LePage Dailin Li Amy Lou Maria Pasic Lyle Redman Wolfgang Schneider Colleen Schortt Jennifer Shea Laurel Thorlacius Allison Venner Li Wang Paul Yip Mohebullah Zamkanei |
| General Activities: | • This group meets annually at the CSCC Annual Meeting • This group will work via email correspondence during the year • Initially, this group perform a comprehensive review of the accreditation requirements surrounding POCT in different Provinces • Individual members will have the opportunity to share the challenges they have encountered as well as their strategies • The mandate of this group will be to develop consistent strategies to deal with the challenges that face POCT programs, particularly pertaining to accreditation requirements |
| Minutes & Meeting Materials: | Minutes of the Point of Care Testing Interest Group June 2018 in Ottawa Agenda for the Point of Care Testing Interest Group June 2018 in Ottawa Minutes of the Point of Care Testing Interest Group June 2014 in Charlottetown |
| Subcommittees: | POCT Sub-Committee for POCT Position Statement |