BS EN ISO 22870:2016

This standard BS EN ISO 22870:2016 Point-of-care testing (POCT). Requirements for quality and competence is classified in these ICS categories:

• 11.100.01 Laboratory medicine in general
• 03.120.10 Quality management and quality assurance

This document gives specific requirements applicable to point-of-care testing and is intended to be used in conjunction with ISO 15189. The requirements of this document apply when POCT is carried out in a hospital, clinic and by a healthcare organization providing ambulatory care. This document can be applied to transcutaneous measurements, the analysis of expired air, and in vivo monitoring of physiological parameters.

Patient self-testing in a home or community setting is excluded, but elements of this document can be applicable.

NOTE Local, regional and national regulations are to be taken into consideration.