Point of care testing

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• 作者：Matthew Boyd ; Tom Woolley
• 关键词：Haemacue ; near patient testing ; point of care ; thromboelastography
• 刊名：Surgery (Oxford)
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：February 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：34
• 期：2
• 页码：91-93
• 全文大小：90 K

文摘

Point of care testing (POCT), also known as near patient testing, offers significant potential advantages over laboratory based testing. These include rapid response times to facilitate and improve management decisions, as well as ease of use. However, there are also significant issues regarding equipment maintenance, calibration and governance that often limits the clinical implementation of some devices. A range of POCT devices is discussed.