Browsing Point-of-Care Testing Collected Works by Issue Date
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The Umoona Kidney Project
(Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, 2000)Kidney disease is one of the most serious problems facing Aboriginal Australians. Nationally the number of Aboriginal people with advanced or end-stage kidney disease is six times that of non-Aboriginal Australians. It has ... -
Screening for renal disease in a remote Aboriginal community using the Bayer DCA 2000
(Australian Institute of Medical Scientists, 2001)End-stage renal disease among Aboriginal Australians has reached alarming proportions during the past decade. The early identification of this disease through community screening programs is a key strategy in reducing the ... -
Assessment of the point-of-care Cholestech Lipid Analyser for lipid screening in Aboriginal communities
(Australian Institute of Medical Scientists, 2002)Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality in Aboriginal Australians. Screening for cardiovascular disease risk factors, notably elevated blood lipids, is urgently needed. The small portable Cholestech machine ... -
Point-of-care in Aboriginal hands
(Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, 2002)Diabetes, kidney disease and heart disease (all chronic diseases) are among the most serious health problems facing Aboriginal people today. The point-of-care program has a broad chronic disease focus that (a) looks for ... -
Point-of-care testing in the Aboriginal community
(Australian Institute of Medical Scientists, 2003)This article documents experiences working in the field of Aboriginal health. The principle focus of the work is the application of Point-of-Care (POC) technology for the early detection and management of chronic diseases ... -
Assisting diabetes management through point-of-care HbA1c testing - the QAAMS program for Aboriginal health workers
(Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, 2003)Diabetes has had a devastating impact on the health of Indigenous people throughout the world. In Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people suffer between 12 and 17 times more deaths due to diabetes than ... -
How to set up and manage a point-of-care testing service
(Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists, 2004)In this paper, various point-of-care testing (POCT) models for early detection and/or management of chronic diseases in rural Aboriginal communities are used to provide practical examples of how to set up and manage a ... -
Point-of-care testing in the Indigenous rural community
(Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists, 2004)This paper describes three health programs - the 'Umoona Kidney Project', the national 'QAAMS' Program for point-of-care HbA1c testing and the 'Point-of-Care in Aboriginal Hands' Program. The common feature these models ... -
Evaluation of a training program for device operators in the Australian Government's Point of Care Testing in General Practice Trial: issues and implications for rural and remote practices
(Australian Rural Health Education Network, 2009)From September 2005 to February 2007 the Australian Government funded the Point of Care Testing (PoCT) in General Practice Trial, a multi-centre, cluster randomised controlled trial to determine the safety, clinical ... -
Assessment of the Nova StatSensor whole blood point-of-care creatinine analyser for the measurement of kidney function in screening for chronic kidney disease
(Walter de Gruyter, 2010)Point-of-care testing for creatinine using a fingerprick sample and resultant estimated glomerular filtration rate has potential for screening for chronic kidney disease in community settings. This study assessed the ... -
The conduct of quality control and quality assurance testing for PoCT outside the laboratory
(Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists, 2010)Within pathology laboratories, quality assessment, internal quality control (QC) and external quality assurance (EQA) are integral components of a laboratory’s quality system. They are tools to ensure that the quality of ... -
Point-of-care testing comes of age in Australia
(NPS MedicineWise, 2010)A wide range of point-of-care tests is available and being used in both hospital and community settings for acute and chronic illnesses. There have been significant improvements in device technology as well as advances in ...