CLSI H49 P : 1ED 2003

Abstract
Committee Membership
Foreword
1 Scope
2 Introduction
3 Definitions
4 Point-of-Care Coagulation Testing (PCO-CT) -
   General Considerations
5 Quality management General Considerations for
   Point-of-Care Coagulation Testing
6 Quality Management: General Considerations for
   Point-of-Care Coagulation Testing
   5.1 Operators, Materials, and Performance of PCO-CT
   5.2 Training
   5.3 Quality Control and Proficiency Testing
   5.4 Result Recording and Reporting
6 Monitoring Heparin Therapy
   6.1 Introduction
   6.2 Blood Specimen Collection and Handling
   6.3 POC-CT Systems Used for Monitoring Heparin Therapy
   6.4 Specific Applications
7 Monitoring Warfarin Therapy
   7.1 Introduction
   7.2 Blood Specimen collection and Handling
   7.3 Test Systems Used for Monitoring Warfarin Therapy
   7.4 Specific Applications
   7.5 Result Recording and Reporting
References
The Quality System Approach
Related NCCLS Publications

Defines the use of POC-CT in monitoring of anticoagulant therapy with unfractionated heparin and warfarin. It does not address issues related to the use of POC-CT un the evaluation of patients with suspected hemostatic disorders or use of other anticoagulants.