Best practices in the implementation of a point of care testing program: Experience from a tertiary care hospital in a developing country
Document Type
Article
Department
Emergency Medicine; Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Abstract
Implementation of a structured Point of Care Test (POCT) program is challenging. Traditionally POCT was unregulated and the aim was to introduce a structured POCT program at our tertiary care hospital to ensure compliance with regulatory standards. The purpose of this article is to describe how a hospital in a developing country with limited resources has approached POCT program initiative. The benefits offered by such systems, including cost-effectiveness, robustness and the ability to generate reliable accurate POCT results in a short time, are appropriate to the clinical and social needs of the developing world.
Publication (Name of Journal)
EJIFCC
Recommended Citation
Habib, A.,
Shakeel, S.,
Hooda, K.,
Siddiqui, K.,
Jafri, L.
(2019). Best practices in the implementation of a point of care testing program: Experience from a tertiary care hospital in a developing country. EJIFCC, 30(3), 288-302.
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https://ecommons.aku.edu/pakistan_fhs_mc_pathol_microbiol/1197