Point-of-care testing – advantages and limitations

In the early days of medicine, few medical tests existed that were done at the patient’s bedside. By the 1980s, with the advent of automated technologies, clinical laboratories could run large numbers of tests at low cost. It became common to send samples away to laboratories and then wait days to weeks for results.

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In the early days of medicine, few medical tests existed that were done at the patient’s bedside. By the 1980s, with the advent of automated technologies, clinical laboratories could run large numbers of tests at low cost. It became common to send samples away to laboratories and then wait days to weeks for results.

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