BACKGROUND Near patient testing (NPT) and point-of-care testing (POCT) using portable benchtop analyzers has become necessary in many areas of the medical community, including biocontainment. METHODS We evaluated the Beckman AcT diff, Abaxis Vetscan HMII (two instruments), Abbott Cell-Dyn 1800, and Abaxis Vetscan VS2 for within-run precision and correlation to central laboratory instruments u...

“Outcomes Assessment” has become one of the enduring buzzwords of the decade. But it often seems to be like the weather: Everyone talks about it, but relatively few do anything about it. As clinical laboratory scientists, we have repeatedly challenged ourselves to demonstrate that laboratory results affect patient outcome. Yet very few well-done studies have been published. (How many times have...

As one of the major causes antimicrobial resistance, β-lactamase develops rapidly among bacteria. Detection in an efficient and low-cost point-of-care testing (POCT) way is urgently needed. However, due to volatile environmental factors, quantitative measurement current POCT often inaccurate. Herein, we demonstrate artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted mobile health system that consists a paper...

Point-of-care testing (POCT) is becoming an important adjunct to haematology laboratory practice. An important component of the blood count is the total white cell count (WBC). Previously, this required laborious microscopic cell counting, but it can now be performed by means of automation; however, in many under-resourced countries, costly automated counters are only available in very few cent...

Diabetes has now become the seventh cause of death in all age groups Indonesia. There is a tendency for non-communicable diseases such as Mellitus (DM) to increase. This due unhealthy lifestyle behaviors that continue develop society. DM patients have potential suffer various complications if their glucose levels are not controlled. The rapid pace technology caused many laboratory equipment man...

MTConnect standard technology provides simplicity, flexibility, and scalability in integrating various equipment operating systems enabling accurate consistent data collection from any MTConnect-compatible system. Using technology, it is possible to immediately identify the cause of a problem respond quickly when occurs. Molecular genetic diagnostic point-of-care testing (POCT) devices have rec...

356 June 2013, Vol. 103, No. 6 SAMJ Continuing danger of glucose point-ofcare test devices in the neonatal setting To the Editor: We write to alert medical and nursing staff to a continuing problem in the neonatal setting, which has featured in the correspondence pages of the SAMJ on at least two prior occasions.[1,2] Recently, in KwaZulu-Natal province, at least 4 infants with galactosaemia ha...