4102.2: Tuesday, November 14, 2000: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM | ||||
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| With the advent of new technologies and the public interest in self care, there has been an increase in the availability and use of laboratory tests by consumers. The FDA has made some tests available for home use and analysis performed by the consumer. Specimens for other tests are simply collected at home and sent directly to a laboratory without going through a provider. Now some states allow and others are considering allowing consumers to directly order certain laboratory tests on themselves. This seminar will cover the personal health care, legal, ethical, and public health implications of this trend | ||||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives | ||||
| Burton W. Wilcke, PhD | ||||
| Ellen Meyer | ||||
| Assuring Quality of Home Testing Harvey George, PhD | ||||
| Effects of Direct Access Testing on Surveillance Alfred DeMaria, Jr, MD | ||||
| Ethical Implications of Direct Access to Testing Speaker to be announced | ||||
| Sponsor: | APHA-Committee on Laboratory Standards and Practices | |||