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‘We don’t live in a harm reduction world, we live in a prohibition world’: tensions arising in the design of drug alerts

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background Drug alerts designed for health and community workforces have potential to avert acute harms associated with unpredictable illicit drug markets, by preparing workers to respond to unusual drug-related events, and distribute information to ...
Isabelle Volpe, Rita Brien, Jasmin Grigg, Stephanie Tzanetis, Sione Crawford, Tom Lyons, Nicole Lee, Ginny McKinnon, Caitlin Hughes, Alan Eade, Monica J. Barratt   +10 more
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I'm dreaming of a COVID-free Christmas

BioTechniques, 2021
BioTechniques Editors explore the evolution of point-of-care testing over the past 2 years, inside and outside of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Abigail Sawyer, Tristan Free, Ebony Torrington   +2 more
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IMPLEMENTATION OF “POINT-OF-CARE TESTING” TECHNOLOGIES IN THE CONDITIONS OF INTENSIVE CARE

Наука и инновации в медицине, 2017
The analysis in the centralized laboratory is the main model of laboratory diagnosis and monitoring in the conditions of intensive care. However, alternative models of “point-of-care testing” technology are being actively introduced nowadays. This review
IR R Rakhmatullina, KN N Zolotukhin, AV V Samorodov   +2 more
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Performance evaluation of all analytes on the epoc® Blood Analysis System for use in hospital surgical and intensive care units

Practical Laboratory Medicine, 2020
Objective: To evaluate the performance of the epoc hand-held analyzer against the RAPIDPoint 500 blood gas analyzer and laboratory analyzers where applicable. Methods: Venous or arterial whole blood samples collected in balanced heparinized syringes were
Zahraa Mohammed-Ali, Sousan Bagherpoor, Pauline Diker, Thuy Hoang, Ivana Vidovic, Christine Cursio, Felix Leung, Davor Brinc   +7 more
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Point-of-care testing for HIV [PDF]

Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2018
Point-of-care testing for HIV, in which finger-prick blood or saliva samples are analyzed, provides preliminary results at the same patient encounter that testing is performed. It is useful in settings where patients may have challenges attending subsequent appointments or when a rapid HIV ...
Daniel, Dalcin, Isaac I, Bogoch
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Geospatial Science and Point-of-Care Testing: Creating Solutions for Population Access, Emergencies, Outbreaks, and Disasters

Frontiers in Public Health, 2019
Objectives: (a) To understand how to integrate geospatial concepts when implementing point-of-care testing (POCT); (b) to facilitate emergency, outbreak, and disaster preparedness and emergency management in healthcare small-world networks; (c) to ...
Gerald J. Kost, Gerald J. Kost
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Point of Care Testing in Haematology [PDF]

Hematology, 1998
Changes in the way that patient care is delivered are beginning to have a major impact on the way that diagnostic services are provided. Analytical scientists and industry are responding to this need with an innovative array of devices that can be employed at the point of care.
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Concordance of three point of care testing devices with clinical chemistry laboratory standard assays and patient-reported outcomes of blood sampling methods

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2022
Background Point of care testing (POCT) devices have been developed to facilitate immediate results with the potential to aid screening for new disease and enable patients to self-monitor their disease.
Z. Yonel, K. Kuningas, P. Sharma, M. Dutton, Z. Jalal, P. Cockwell, J. Webber, P. Narendran, T. Dietrich, I. L. C. Chapple   +9 more
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Point-of-Care Tests’ Role in Time Metrics of Urgent Interventions in Emergency Department; a Systematic Review of Literature

Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2022
Introduction: Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) could be helpful in clinical decisions, treatment selection, monitoring, prognostication, operational decision-making, and resource utilization.
Sara Rahsepar, Mohammad Sadegh Sanie Jahromi, Samaneh Abiri, Reza Akhavan, Hossein Akhavan, Bita Abbasi, Fatemeh Maleki, Somayyeh Ahmadnezhad, Behrang Rezvani Kakhki, Navid Kalani, Pourya Adibi   +10 more
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External Quality Assessment (EQA) for SARS-CoV-2 RNA Point-of-Care Testing in Primary Healthcare Services: Analytical Performance over Seven EQA Cycles

Diagnostics
In April 2020, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander COVID-19 Point-of-Care (POC) Testing Program was initiated to improve access to rapid molecular-based SARS-CoV-2 detection in First Nations communities.
Susan J. Matthews, Kelcie Miller, Kelly Andrewartha, Melisa Milic, Deane Byers, Peter Santosa, Alexa Kaufer, Kirsty Smith, Louise M. Causer, Belinda Hengel, Ineka Gow, Tanya Applegate, William D. Rawlinson, Rebecca Guy, Mark Shephard   +14 more
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