Our Community Point-of-Care Testing Programs
Over the past 10 years, our unit has initiated, developed and managed a series of community-based POCT programs for chronic disease. The timeframe, chronic disease focus, POC tests conducted,POCT devices used and health care settings in which these POCT models have been undertaken are summarised in the table below.
Further information about each program, together with relevant published papers, can be found by clicking on the model name or the left-hand menu.
|
Model |
Timeframe |
Disease |
Focus |
POC Tests* |
POCT Device |
Health Setting |
| Quality Assurance for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Medical Services (QAAMS) | 1999-present | Diabetes | Management | HbA1c and UACR | DCA 2000/Vantage | Indigenous |
| POCT in the Northern Territory | 2008-present | Acute and Chronic Disease | Management | Electrolytes, urea & creatinine, blood gases, INR, HbA1c, UACR |
i-STAT DCA 2000 |
Indigenous |
| POCT in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands | 2008-present | Acute and Chronic Disease | Management | Electrolytes, urea & creatinine, blood gases, INR, Haemoglobin, HbA1c, UACR |
i-STAT HemoCue DCA 2000 |
Indigenous |
| Ngati Porou Hauora Warfarin Management Program | 2008-present | Coagulation | Management | INR | CoaguChek XS | Indigenous (Maori) |
| Kidney Evaluation for You (KEY) Project | 2007-2008 | Renal | Prevention | Creatinine, Glucose, HbA1c, UACR, Cholesterol, Haemoglobin |
i-STAT DCA 2000 Cholestech LDX HemoCue |
Non-indigenous |
| POCT in General Practice Trial | 2005-2007 | Diabetes, Renal, Cardiovascular and Coagulation | Management | HbA1c, UACR, lipids and INR | DCA 2000 Cholestech LDX CoaguChek S |
Non-Indigenous |
| Diabetes Management Along the Mallee Track | 2002-present | Diabetes | Prevention & Management | HbA1c, UACR and lipids | DCA 2000 Cholestech LDX |
Non-Indigenous |
| POCT in Aboriginal Hands | 2001-2005 | Chronic disease | Prevention & Management | HbA1c, UACR and lipids | DCA 2000 Cholestech LDX |
Indigenous |
| Umoona Kidney Project | 1997-2000 | Renal | Prevention & Management | UACR | DCA 2000 | Indigenous |
* HbA1c = haemoglobin A1c, UACR = urine albumin:creatinine ratio, INR = international normalised ratio
Heather Halls (centre) conducting QAAMS training in Brisbane, 2006 |
Anne Shephard (left) conducting training for the POCT in General Practice Trial, Adelaide, SA, 2005. |
