Point-of-care testing for common sexually transmitted infections may reduce overuse of antibiotics and improve emergency ...

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

Credit: Cepheid. The Xpert HCV test delivers results in about an hour. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted marketing authorization to Xpert ® HCV, a point-of-care hepatitis C virus (HCV ...

Infectious diseases have been a major threat to human health throughout history, causing significant economic damage worldwide. In modern medicine, quickly and accurately identifying the germs causing ...

Roche has obtained U.S. government green lights allowing its point-of-care testing system to be used to screen for multiple sexually transmitted infections from a single sample. The company’s cobas ...

Point-of-care testing at triage can help triage patients with high-risk emergency department complaints, according to a study in The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. Researchers conducted an ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A point-of-care troponin test could reduce time patients with a heart attack spend in the ED by nearly 45 ...

A new test shows promising results for detecting latent tuberculosis infection in resource-limited settings. This is according to a study from Karolinska Institutet, published in the journal Clinical ...

Point-of-care testing (POCT) includes professional-grade in vitro diagnostic tests completed in close proximity to patients. By performing diagnostic tests closer to patients and obtaining results ...

Workflow Services, a comprehensive and automated platform that solves point-of-care clinical service delivery for pharmacies, was selected by the Food and Drug Administration as a partner in its ...