Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2020 Quality assurance (QA) in point-of-care testing (POCT) is an important issue for organizing POCT structures within the healthcare sector. In Germany, only one device needs to participate in an external QA program, if the responsible core laboratory is ...
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Understanding Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives on Point-of-Care Testing
Diagnostics, 2022 Point-of-care testing (POCT) is an emerging technology that provides crucial assistance in delivering healthcare. The COVID-19 pandemic led to the accelerated importance of POCT technology due to its in-home accessibility.
Sean Teebagy +9 more
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Direct detection and characterization of foot-and-mouth disease virus in East Africa using a field-ready real-time PCR platform [PDF]
, 2017 Effective control and monitoring of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) relies upon rapid and accurate disease confirmation. Currently, clinical samples are usually tested in reference laboratories using standardized assays recommended by The World Organisation
Armson, B. +16 more
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Practical challenges related to point of care testing
Practical Laboratory Medicine, 2016 Point of care testing (POCT) refers to laboratory testing that occurs near to the patient, often at the patient bedside. POCT can be advantageous in situations requiring rapid turnaround time of test results for clinical decision making.
Julie L.V. Shaw
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Organizational challenges in the management of point-of-care diagnostics in healthcare facilities
Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2020 This text is a synopsis of the “Seminar on Organizational Aspects of POCT Management” which was part of the 4th Munich POCT symposium 2019. The session was chaired in part 1 by Christiane Maschek (Berlin) and Anke Urban (Ludwigshafen), and in part 2 by ...
Kachler Marco, Maschek Christiane
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Fluvial transport of suspended sediment and organic carbon during flood events in a large agricultural catchment in southwest France. [PDF]
, 2011 Water draining from a large agricultural catchment of 1 110 km2 in southwest France was sampled over an 18-month period to determine the temporal variability in suspended sediment (SS) and dissolved (DOC) and particulate organic carbon (POC) transport ...
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Point of Care Testing for Infectious Disease in Europe: A Scoping Review and Survey Study
Frontiers in Public Health, 2021 Background: Point of care testing (POCT) for infectious diseases is testing conducted near the patient. It allows clinicians to offer the most appropriate treatment more quickly.
Lucy Hocking +9 more
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Population screening for colorectal cancer means getting FIT:the past, present, and future of colorectal cancer screening using the fecal immunochemical test for hemoglobin (FIT) [PDF]
, 2014 Fecal immunochemical tests for hemoglobin (FIT) are changing the manner in which colorectal cancer (CRC) is screened. Although these tests are being performed worldwide, why is this test different from its predecessors?
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Viruses, 2021 A real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) is considered the gold standard for the laboratory diagnosis of canine parvovirus (CPV) infection but can only be performed in specialized laboratories.
Julia Walter-Weingärtner +5 more
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2023 The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the critical need for rapid and accurate molecular diagnostic testing. The Cue COVID-19 Point-of-Care Test (Cue POCT) is a nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT), authorized by Health Canada and FDA as a POCT for SARS ...
Anu Rebbapragada +10 more
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