Point Of Care Testing Examples | Rapid Point Of Care Testing

release time:2021-10-19 11:52:52

Point of care testing has many applications. Let's talk about its application in clinical testing and major epidemic surveillance.

Point Of Care Testing Examples


01. Clinical testing

Clinical testing is testing in hospitals, and POCT testing can be performed in emergency rooms, wards, operating rooms, monitoring rooms, and other locations. It complements and coordinates with clinical testing laboratory tests. They work together to serve the diagnosis and treatment of patients.

02. Surveillance of major epidemics
POCT test rapid and sensitive detection advantage in the outbreak of an epidemic can be rapid screening. Point of care testing plays an extremely important role in controlling epidemics.

For example, the outbreak of COVID-19. Many of the familiar nucleic acid, antigen, and antibody tests used are Point of care testing devices.

There are also many POCT devices for individual health management, family and personal use. And these products are available in many online stores. For example

  1. a) Disease self-diagnosis: HIV testing, H. pylori testing, etc.
  2. b) Home health self-examination products: blood lipid, blood sugar, female reproductive health testing
  3. c) home: formaldehyde, allergens, mite detection, etc.

There are also on-site law enforcement testing and food safety testing. Can also be used in military and disaster relief.

04. On-site law enforcement detection

Such as on-site judgment of DUI and drug use is the use of point of care testing rapid detection

05. Food safety detection
Foodborne diseases, food contamination and harmful factors in food detection and monitoring. Such as lean meat fast detection card, food safety rapid detection kit (lead, mercury, iodine, aflatoxin, rat poison, cyanide, Sudan red, etc.)

06. Military and disaster relief

It mainly involves environmental health assessment, infectious disease detection and emergency treatment of injured personnel. Such as the safety of drinking water, possible contamination assessment, the location of infectious disease epidemic detection, epidemic monitoring, rapid identification of the patient's blood type, etc.

A large number of military rescue practices have proven that Point of care testing devices have the advantages of high speed, multiple items, full instrumentation and timely bedside. The value of POCT devices in the field has also been fully demonstrated.


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