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Point‐of‐care testing—Has it come of age?
, 2021 More than a decade has elapsed since completion of a randomised controlled trial which compared point-of-care testing (PoCT) in Australian general practice versus laboratory testing.1 Despite the subsequent decision not to reimburse PoCT on the Medical ...
Tony Badrick +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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Cost-Effectiveness of Point-of-Care C-Reactive Protein Tests for Respiratory Tract Infection in Primary Care in England [PDF]
, 2015 Introduction Despite recommendations that general practitioners (GPs) delay antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections (RTIs), antibiotic prescriptions in primary care in England increased by 4.1% from 2010 to 2013.
Hunter, R, Rachael Hunter
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Costs of Point-of-Care Viral Load Testing for Adults and Children Living with HIV in Kenya
, 2021 Background: The number of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in need of treatment monitoring in low-and-middle-income countries is rapidly expanding, straining existing laboratory capacity.
Rena Patel +14 more
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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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, 2020 Point-of-care testing is widespread and requires a different form of quality control and quality assurance model to conventional laboratory testing because the types of error that occur are different. In many situations, the point-of-care instruments and
Martin, Cameron +2 more
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Expanding the boundaries of point of care testing
, 2020 Point of care (POC) or ‘near patient’ testing refers to testing and reporting at the site of patient care, usually by non-laboratory or where applicable by non-imaging personnel. Although now a growth industry, the POC concept is not new.
Morgan, TJ +3 more
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Trends in Multiplex Immunoassays for In Vitro Diagnostics and Point-of-Care Testing
, 2021 The tremendous advances in multiplex immunoassays (MIAs) are leading to novel in vitro diagnostics (IVD) and point-of-care testing (POCT) [...
Sandeep Kumar Vashist
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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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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 +9 more
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