Advantages of POCT Analyzers
POCT, point-of-care testing, refers to clinical testing performed next to the patient (bedside testing), usually not necessarily by a clinical laboratory technician. It is a new method that analyzes immediately at the sampling site, saves the complicated processing procedure of the specimen in the laboratory test, and obtains the test result quickly.
The main criteria of POCT are that no fixed testing site is required, reagents and instruments are portable, and can be operated in a timely manner. POCT does not require specialized clinical testing services.
In recent years, due to the development of today's high-tech and medical science, as well as the efficient and fast-paced working methods, POCT, which has the advantages of miniaturization of experimental instruments, simple operation, and immediate reporting of results, has become more and more popular.
General features of point-of-care diagnosis (POCT)
1. Fast
The main purpose of POCT is to get experimental results faster. Advances in diagnostic and assistive technologies, awareness of the disease, and improved treatment levels are the main reasons for POCT's growing interest (financial pressures are a secondary factor). These advances have brought some diseases closer to eradication and others to earlier diagnosis and better treatment.
For the diagnosis of AMI patients, if the clinical manifestations are highly suspicious and the ECG manifestations are inconclusive, the application of the myocardial injury marker cTnI bedside diagnostic reagent can make the diagnosis of such acute patients and the determination of the treatment plan easier and more convenient precise. The whole process only takes 15 minutes.
2. Simple to use
Simple operation and easy to use foot POCT is another feature. POCT has become part of the diagnostic system due to its ease of use; POCT assumes the functions of a laboratory without the need for traditional hospital laboratory equipment. POCT can be done either in a doctor's office or in a moving car. POCT can serve patients in a full range of 24 hours regardless of time and location.
3. Save comprehensive cost
The biggest problem facing experimenters is controlling the cost of diagnosis. But the results always reduce the cost of a single test, but not the overall cost of the patient's entire medical journey. From the perspective of "single test cost", POCT is relatively high; but in many cases, the application of POCT can not only improve experimental results but also reduce resource occupation, patient hospitalization time, sampling time, and medical staff occupation time.
