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 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 |
Chronic disease |
Focus |
POC Tests* |
Health Setting |
| Quality Assurance for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Medical Services (QAAMS) | 1999-present | Diabetes | Management | HbA1c and UACR | Indigenous |
| Umoona Kidney Project | 1997-2000 | Renal | Prevention & Management | UACR | Indigenous |
| POCT in Aboriginal Hands | 2001-2005 | Chronic disease | Prevention & Management | HbA1c, UACR and lipids | Indigenous |
| Diabetes Management Along the Mallee Track | 2002-present | Diabetes | Prevention & Management | HbA1c, UACR and lipids | Non-Indigenous |
| POCT in General Practice Trial | 2005-2007 | Diabetes, Renal, Cardiovascular (and Coagulation) | Management | HbA1c, UACR, lipids and INR | Non-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. |
