The national QAAMS Program - a practical example of PoCT working in the community [PDF]
, 2010 The Quality Assurance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Medical Services (QAAMS) Program is the largest and longest-standing national point-of-care testing (PoCT) program in Australia. With a focus on PoCT for diabetes management, it now operates
Shephard, Mark Douglas, Gill, Janice P
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Qualitative evaluation of a molecular point-of-care testing study for influenza in UK primary care
BJGP OpenBackground: Influenza contributes to the surge in winter infections and the consequent winter pressures on the health service. Molecular point-of-care testing (POCT) for influenza may improve patient management by providing rapid and accurate clinical ...
Charis Xuan Xie +12 more
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Evaluation of a training program for device operators in the Australian Government's Point of Care Testing in General Practice Trial: issues and implications for rural and remote practices [PDF]
, 2009 From September 2005 to February 2007 the Australian Government funded the Point of Care Testing (PoCT) in General Practice Trial, a multi-centre, cluster randomised controlled trial to determine the safety, clinical effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and ...
Bubner, Tanya +6 more
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The conduct of quality control and quality assurance testing for PoCT outside the laboratory [PDF]
, 2010 Within pathology laboratories, quality assessment, internal quality control (QC) and external quality assurance (EQA) are integral components of a laboratory’s quality system.
Gill, Janice P, Shephard, Mark Douglas
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Admission Point-of-Care Testing for the Clinical Care of Children with Cerebral Malaria
Tropical Medicine and Infectious DiseasePoint-of-care testing (PoCT), an alternative to laboratory-based testing, may be useful in the clinical care of critically ill children in resource-limited settings.
David Wichman +10 more
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Evaluation of different POCT devices for glucose measurement in a clinical neonatal setting [PDF]
, 2018 Hypoglycaemia is a major cause of neonatal morbidity and may induce long-term developmental sequelae. Clinical signs of hypoglycaemia in neonatal infants are unspecific or even absent, and therefore, precise and accurate methods for the assessment of ...
Roth-Kleiner, Matthias +4 more
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BMC Public HealthBackground Point-of-care testing (PoCT) is an increasingly important diagnostic tool in the healthcare system for accessible pathology testing in hospital, primary care, and community care settings. Clear regulation and governance models are important to
Jacqueline Prestedge +2 more
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Molecular point-of-care testing technologies: Current status and challenges
NexusAs molecular point-of-care testing (POCT) enables timely and accurate diagnosis, its importance is increasingly recognized and has been highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Yanbing Zu, Hong Chang, Zhanfeng Cui
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Testes de diagnóstico descentralizados : o papel da farmácia comunitária [PDF]
, 2016 Monografia realizada no âmbito da unidade de Estágio Curricular do Mestrado Integrado em Ciências Farmacêuticas, apresentada à Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de CoimbraOs testes de diagnóstico rápidos e descentralizados, são tradicionalmente ...
Martins, Inês Catarina dos Santos
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Point-of-care testing and creatinine measurement [PDF]
, 2011 This paper reviews the current status of point-of-care testing (PoCT) devices that are available for measuring whole blood or serum/plasma creatinine globally and within Australasia.
Shephard, Mark Douglas
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