Communications with lab and POCT users

POCT (Point of Care Test) or (Point of Care Testing) has been widely used, as it can provide quick results to be acted upon immediately by the clinician. However, POCT devices do not always have the same accuracy and precision as Lab equipment. Laboratorians need to be much better at communicating w...

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Main Author: James Dalton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-05-01
Series:Practical Laboratory Medicine
Subjects:
POC
Lab
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352551721000238
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spelling doaj-3ab29338fb4c4b82bd271fce08174f4a2021-05-22T04:37:40ZengElsevierPractical Laboratory Medicine2352-55172021-05-0125e00223Communications with lab and POCT usersJames Dalton0University of Manitoba, 2109-65 Swindon Way, Winnipeg, MB, R3P 0T8, CanadaPOCT (Point of Care Test) or (Point of Care Testing) has been widely used, as it can provide quick results to be acted upon immediately by the clinician. However, POCT devices do not always have the same accuracy and precision as Lab equipment. Laboratorians need to be much better at communicating what is being done in the “lab” and how that relates to what the clinicians are doing with the results of the tests they order.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352551721000238POCLabLaboratoryCommunicationPOCT
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Communications with lab and POCT users
Practical Laboratory Medicine
POC
Lab
Laboratory
Communication
POCT
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title Communications with lab and POCT users
title_short Communications with lab and POCT users
title_full Communications with lab and POCT users
title_fullStr Communications with lab and POCT users
title_full_unstemmed Communications with lab and POCT users
title_sort communications with lab and poct users
publisher Elsevier
series Practical Laboratory Medicine
issn 2352-5517
publishDate 2021-05-01
description POCT (Point of Care Test) or (Point of Care Testing) has been widely used, as it can provide quick results to be acted upon immediately by the clinician. However, POCT devices do not always have the same accuracy and precision as Lab equipment. Laboratorians need to be much better at communicating what is being done in the “lab” and how that relates to what the clinicians are doing with the results of the tests they order.
topic POC
Lab
Laboratory
Communication
POCT
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