Practical challenges related to point of care testing

Point of care testing (POCT) refers to laboratory testing that occurs near to the patient, often at the patient bedside. POCT can be advantageous in situations requiring rapid turnaround time of test results for clinical decision making. There are many challenges associated with POCT, mainly related...

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Main Author: Julie L.V. Shaw
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-04-01
Series:Practical Laboratory Medicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352551715300056