Community pharmacists expand point-of-care testing

Evaluation of Community Pharmacists’ Involvement in Primary Health Care

Objective: To evaluate the involvement of community pharmacists in primary health care; determine extent of the pharmacists’ participation in curative and preventive services, as well as partially assess quality of the involvement. Methods: A 27-item self-completion questionnaire with 0.92 reliability was administered to 110 community pharmacists in Benin City, Nigeria. Data were collected on a...

Correlation between Standard Clinical Chemistry and Point of Care Testing Analyzers on Hemoglobin A1C Determination

The community pharmacists and their practice as health care providers.

The community pharmacists and their practice as health care providers Sr. Director: The pharmacists are probably the health professionals who are closest and most accessible to the patients and the general population 1. Their opinions related to health education have an important impact on the health of the population 2. The pharmacist may play the role of an active health educator by implement...

Community pharmacists' attitudes toward palliative care: an Australian nationwide survey.

BACKGROUND Pharmacists are among the most accessible health care professionals in the community, yet are often not involved in community palliative care teams. OBJECTIVE We investigated community pharmacists' attitudes, beliefs, feelings, and knowledge about palliative care as a first step towards determining how best to facilitate the inclusion of community pharmacists on the palliative care...

Point-of-Care Testing and Creatinine Measurement.

This paper reviews the current status of point-of-care testing (PoCT) devices that are available for measuring whole blood or serum/plasma creatinine globally and within Australasia. Information on non-analytical specifications and analytical performance is provided using data sourced from recently published literature, external quality assurance programs and evaluative work by the author's uni...