Point-of-care HbA1c machines | Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guide (2024)

Sudipa Sarkar, M.D., Mark D. Corriere, M.D., Rita Rastogi Kalyani, M.D., M.H.S.

DESCRIPTION

Commercially available laboratory-based hemoglobin A1c testing became available in 1978.
Point-of-care (POC) hemoglobin A1c testing became available in the 1990s and has increased over the last decade.
Point-of-care testing allows for testing in the office (or home use) and requires a small amount of blood via a finger prick (similar to a glucometer). Results are generally available within 10 minutes.
Most POC HbA1c testing has waived status from the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), which means the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention deem the test to be so simple that there is little risk of error. No specific training is needed to operate the machine. Users of the machine are exempt from other CLIA requirements and inspections.
A sampling of commonly available machines is listed below.

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Citation

Sarkar, Sudipa, et al. "Point-of-care HbA1c Machines." Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guide, 2019. Johns Hopkins Guides, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Diabetes_Guide/547180/all/Point_of_care_HbA1c_machines.

Sarkar S, Corriere MD, Kalyani RR. Point-of-care HbA1c machines. Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guide. 2019. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Diabetes_Guide/547180/all/Point_of_care_HbA1c_machines. Accessed March 2, 2024.

Sarkar, S., Corriere, M. D., & Kalyani, R. R. (2019). Point-of-care HbA1c machines. In Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guide https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Diabetes_Guide/547180/all/Point_of_care_HbA1c_machines

Sarkar S, Corriere MD, Kalyani RR. Point-of-care HbA1c Machines [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guide. ; 2019. [cited 2024 March 02]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Diabetes_Guide/547180/all/Point_of_care_HbA1c_machines.