Point-of-care PCR testing for STIs in the ED reduced length of stay and improved antibiotic stewardship compared with central laboratory testing.

ED professionals are required to deal with uncertainty on a daily basis. Various tests must be provided to patients with diffuse symptoms, extending waiting times for lab results, overcrowding wards ...

MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. – Blood is supposed to clot; that’s why a simple cut doesn’t lead to bleeding to death. But, as with so many things related to the human ...

In clinical settings, point-of-care testing (POCT) provides rapid diagnostic information to help make clinical decisions as early as possible in the care and treatment of patients. Ensuring that such ...

In a study published today in Biofunctional Materials, Prof. Dr. Haidar, Founder and CEO of BioMAT’X I+D+I LABs in Santiago, Chile, explores a new era in healthcare diagnostics driven by ...

Point of Care Testing (POCT): defined as medical diagnostic testing at or near the point of care-that is, at the time and place of patient care.[1][2] This contrasts with the historical pattern in ...

In patients with suspected MI, a high-sensitivity troponin I (hs-cTnI) assay that can be done at the point of care (POC)—with rapid turnaround—offers similarly high diagnostic accuracy for ...

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has expanded point-of-care testing to the Assiniboia Union Hospital Integrated ...

Point of care testing takes place where the patient is seeking care. This could be in a clinic, a community health centre, or even in other locations ...

Point of care devices within the healthcare system can aid in improving diagnoses as well as the control of diseases through monitoring. These devices can include glucose monitors that only require a ...

DANBURY, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Perosphere (Perosphere Technologies Inc.), a private medical technologies company focused on developing next-generation coagulation diagnostics, today announced its ...