What’s New in Point-of-Care Testing?

Abstract: Since the first articles published on point-of-care testing (POCT) over 2 decades ago, POCT has established itself as a vital and accessible tool for real-time diagnosis and monitoring of an increasing number of diseases. As such, recent focus has been placed on improving the performance of existing point-of-care tests, expanding utilization, and developing POCT for novel diseases where rapid results are imperative to triage and treatment, such as Ebola. The literature published on POCT between January 1, 2015, and December 31, 2015, was reviewed. Select articles are described and grouped into the following categories: hematology and coagulation, diabetes, cardiac disease, infectious disease and human immunodeficiency virus, emergency medicine, technological advances, and other.
Source: Point of Care: The Journal of Near-Patient Testing and Technology - Category: Pathology Tags: Review Articles Source Type: research