Resources
Guides and working templates
Practical reading and the documents every POCT service needs, written by people who use them.
Guides
Guide
How to become a POCT coordinator
The role, the reality, the route in, and what the job pays.
Read GuideISO 15189:2022 and POCT: what changed
ISO 22870 is gone. What that means for your service, in practice.
Read GuidePOCT training for pharmacies and GP practices
What staff actually need before testing patients, and how to evidence it.
Read GuideWestgard rules for POCT, explained
The rules, when to use which, and how to stop over rejecting good runs.
Read GuideEQA failure investigation, step by step
A worked walkthrough from flagged report to closed corrective action.
Read GuideThe POCT SOP assessors expect
Structure, content and the mistakes that generate findings.
ReadLooking for more? The POCT blog has in-depth articles on quality, compliance, analytes and running a service.
Free templates
All templatesThe POCT starter pack: five working documents including an SOP starter, an ISO 15189:2022 readiness checklist, a competency record, a QC troubleshooting flowchart and a procurement matrix. Free, emailed to you, ready to adapt. Get the pack.