Provider-Performed Microscopy Testing; Approved Guideline<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NCCLS document HS2-A\u2014 Provider-Performed Microscopy Testing; Approved Guideline provides information, instructions, and performance criteria to assist providers who perform microscopy procedures (provider-performed microscopy [PPM]), with accurate reporting of diagnostic information from their observations. These are appropriate procedures for the examining room, emergency room, or clinic environment as an adjunct to traditional clinical laboratory testing. This testing may also provide for a rapid diagnosis of the patient condition. The guideline relates information concerning specimen collection, methodologies, procedural steps, reporting of results, and the quality assurance aspects of PPM. NCCLS. Provider-Performed Microscopy Testing; Approved Guideline. NCCLS document HS2-A (ISBN 1-56238-487-2). NCCLS, 940 West Valley Road, Suite 1400, Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087-1898 USA, 2003.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[26],"product_tag":[],"yoast_head":"\n