Point-of-Care Testing at the Disaster–Emergency–Critical Care Interface

The laboratory-clinical interface: point-of-care testing.

POC testing provides an opportunity for clinicians and laboratorians to work together to consider how best to serve the patients within an individual institution. Each health system has unique characteristics relative to patient population, as well as a unique laboratory structure. If physicians, nurses, laboratorians, and pathologists work collaboratively, the best interests of patients will b...

Correlation between Standard Clinical Chemistry and Point of Care Testing Analyzers on Hemoglobin A1C Determination

Critical care testing in the new millennium: the integration of point-of-care testing.

Electronic journals offer inescapable advantages for researchers and practitioners. We access information with a speed that was unimaginable only a few years ago, and with the click of a mouse, we link to cited articles, read related Letters to the Editor, and find papers that have cited the articles we are reading. All this and more, but a nagging doubt has persisted, especially among libraria...

Care Model Design for E-Health: Integration of Point-of-Care Testing at Dutch General Practices

Point-of-care testing (POCT)-laboratory tests performed with new mobile devices and online technologies outside of the central laboratory-is rapidly outpacing the traditional laboratory test market, growing at a rate of 12 to 15% each year. POCT impacts the diagnostic process of care providers by yielding high efficiency benefits in terms of turnaround time and related quality improvements in t...

Can We Apply the Control Material from Standard Clinical Chemistry Analyzer for Usage in the Point of Care Testing Analyzer?