Point-of-Care Testing in Microbiology

Molecular Testing in Microbiology

There are significant challenges associated with qualitative and quantitative nucleic acid tests performed in diagnostic laboratories. The development of internationally available certified reference materials which can be traced to reference measurements will contribute to a better understanding of the performance characteristics of nucleic acid tests and enhance reliability and comparability ...

molecular testing in microbiology

there are significant challenges associated with qualitative and quantitative nucleic acid tests performed in diagnostic laboratories. the development of internationally available certified reference materials which can be traced to reference measurements will contribute to a better understanding of the performance characteristics of nucleic acid tests and enhance reliability and comparability ...

The Point-of-Care Laboratory in Clinical Microbiology.

Point-of-care (POC) laboratories that deliver rapid diagnoses of infectious diseases were invented to balance the centralization of core laboratories. POC laboratories operate 24 h a day and 7 days a week to provide diagnoses within 2 h, largely based on immunochromatography and real-time PCR tests. In our experience, these tests are conveniently combined into syndrome-based kits that facilitat...

Inequalities of primary care microbiology testing between hospital catchment areas.

AIMS To compare differences in microbiology testing activity between general practices within and between five hospitals in two National Health Service (NHS) regions in England. METHODS Retrospective capture of standardised microbiology testing activity from the laboratory computer databases. Six equivalent tests were identified and compared. Data were obtained for 174 general practices in ei...

Correlation between Standard Clinical Chemistry and Point of Care Testing Analyzers on Hemoglobin A1C Determination