{"ref":"TX-SVC-07","title":"Laboratory Services","category":"Service delivery","summary":"States whether the Agency performs any laboratory test or handles any specimen, tells staff what to do when asked, and, for an agency that chooses to perform waived tests or carry specimens, sets out the CLIA certificate, safe testing and handling, and how results reach the client’s practitioner.","inShort":["Sample Home Care Agency, LLC does not do lab tests. Never prick a client’s finger or check blood sugar, even with the client’s own meter.","Do not collect or carry urine, stool, or blood samples, even as an errand.","If anyone asks you to do a test or take a sample, say no kindly and tell the office the same day.","If a client seems shaky, sweaty, confused, or very sleepy, call 911 in an emergency. Otherwise call the office now.","Never pick up a used needle or lancet with bare hands. Tell the office if there is no sharps box."],"primaryCitation":"26 TAC §558.284","citations":["26 TAC §558.284","26 TAC §558.281","26 TAC §558.2","26 TAC §558.288","26 TAC §558.301","26 TAC §558.404","22 TAC §225.10","22 TAC ch. 225"],"federalCitations":["42 U.S.C. §263a","42 CFR §493.2","42 CFR §493.3","42 CFR §493.15","42 CFR §493.35","42 CFR §493.37","42 CFR §493.39","29 CFR §1910.1030"],"surveyorAsks":["Does your agency perform any laboratory test, including a finger-stick blood glucose check? If so, show me your CLIA certificate.","What does an attendant do if a client asks them to check the client’s blood sugar with the client’s own meter?"],"forms":[],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (26 TAC §558.284)","5. What Staff Do While the Agency Does Not Provide Laboratory Services","6. Deciding to Provide Laboratory Services","7. If the Agency Performs Waived Testing","8. If the Agency Collects or Carries Specimens","9. Responsibilities","9.1 Staff Training","10. Records and Compliance Monitoring","11. References","12. Related Policies and Forms","13. Approval","14. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"tx-pas","state":"Texas","service":"Home care","guides":[{"path":"/guides/home-care-agency-policies/","h1":"What policies does a home care agency need?"}],"agency":{"name":"Sample Home Care Agency","legalName":"Sample Home Care Agency, LLC","logo":null}}