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Functional reference limits: a case study of serum ferritin

Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2021
Reference intervals depend on the distribution of results within a reference population and can be influenced by subclinical disease. Functional reference limits present an opportunity to derive clinically relevant reference limits from routinely ...
Sezgin Gorkem, Loh Tze Ping, Markus Corey   +2 more
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Performance of the Cue COVID-19 point-of-care molecular test: insights from a multi-site clinic service model

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, Lane Cariazo, David Elchuk, Hossam Abdelrahman, Dang Pham, Jerusha Raveendraraj, Killol Chokshi, Nirochile Joseph, Elena Gouzenkova, Harpreet Gill, Peter Blecher   +10 more
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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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Point of Care Testing bij flebitis [PDF]

, 2021
Point of Care Testing is een innovative stroming binnen de geneeskunde. Aan de hand van een voorbeeld, waarbij het doel is flebitis in een vroeg stadium te kunnen onderkennen, wordt in dit artikel het belang van deze methode ...
Dieperink, Wim; id_orcid, Paans, Wolter, Dieperink, Wim, de Ruiter, Han, Luttik, Marie Louise, Dieperink, Willem, Luttik, Maria-Louise   +6 more
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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, Nancy Bowen, James Wagude, Michelle Ann Bulterys, Frederick Oluoch, Leonard Kingwara, Lisa Abuogi, Evelyn Brown, Enericah Karauki, Patrick Oyaro, Anjuli D. Wagner, Susan Njogo, Irene Mukui, Monisha Sharma, Nashon Yongo   +14 more
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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, Andrew St John, Wanguhu, Ken, Tirimacco, Rosy, Ken Wanguhu, Rosy Tirimacco, Badrick, Tony, St John, Andrew   +7 more
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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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Investigating Patient Adherence With Pathology Testing in Primary Care and How Point of Care Testing Can Improve It

, 2016
Objective The effective treatment of many chronic diseases in primary care relies on patients undergoing regular blood tests, but patient adherence with this process has been shown to be suboptimal. Point-of-care testing, whereby timely pathology results
Johnson, Tracey, Ramsay, Niamh, Badrick, Tony   +2 more
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Integrating Competence Assessment, Internal Quality Control, and External Quality Assurance in a Large Point-of-Care Testing Network

, 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, StJohn, Andrew, Badrick, Tony   +2 more
core   +1 more source