Welcome to the Point-of-Care Testing Services Section for the Department of Pathology. Ms. Stella Peace serves as the Supervisor and Co-coordinator of the area with Co-coordinator Ms. Alkico Johnson.

These individuals pride themselves on assisting testing personnel to provide timely, accurate results through direct one on one interactions. They welcome every opportunity to discuss new equipment and test options with clinicians and nursing personnel in order to provide the patient with the highest quality care available.

Point-of-Care Services include, but are not limited to:

• Clinitest
• Glucose
• Hemoccult
• I-Stat
• Activated Clotting Time
• Gastric Occult

• Gastric pH
• Strep Screen
• Urine Ketodiastix
• Urine Multistix
• Urine Pregnancy Test

Point-of-care testing (POCT) refers to those analytical patient testing
activities provided within the institution, but performed outside the physical facilities of the Clinical Laboratories. The central criterion of POCT is that it does not require permanent dedicated space. Examples include kits and instruments that are hand-carried or otherwise transported to the vicinity of the patient for immediate testing at that site or analytical instruments that are temporarily brought to a patient care location. POCT does NOT include limited service satellite laboratories with fixed, dedicated testing space.

The POC program at LSUHSC-Shreveport utilizes a "train the trainer" approach to educating testing personnel and monitoring and correcting compliance. Our services are inspected and accredited by both JCAHO and CAP.

Press the Testing Areas button to the left to obtain information on Request for Approval of Point-of-Care Testing for an area in the hospital or clinic.

Press the Testing Personnel button to the left to obtain information on becoming a certified operator.