| Summary: | 碩士 === 中山醫學大學 === 醫學檢驗暨生物技術學系碩士班 === 106 === Objectives: To understand the history and development of Point-of-care testing (POCT) products currently applied to health services, in order to rationalize and make assumptions for the future trend of using POCT and their future developments. Methods: Using literature review to identify the unique backgrounds and technological availabilities related to current POCT developments, to conclude and predict the future trend of POCT products and their roles in clinical applications. Conclusions: By comprehending the available information for POCT, five different aspects were discussed for each POCT included in this thesis review, there are: 1) backgrounds for POCT products; 2) historical and current development trends of POCT products; 3) current requirements for certifications and regulations for POCT products; 4) roles of POCT products in different areas; and 5) quality management of using POCT products. Based on these review studies, we concluded that POCT products are user friendly, cost effectively, and extremely versatile in their applications health services. Since the technologies continuously input to improve their accuracies and flexibilities, alone with manageable quality control, more applicable potentials are expected for the future developments of POCT products. However, establishing effective regulations, guidelines and controls to guarantee the usages of POCT products will be necessary.
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