Point of care testing versus central laboratory testing : an evaluation of result turnaround time and accuracy at the De La Salle University Medical Center Emergency Department
Publication Date
2015
Document Type
Research
Abstract
This was a prospective, observational time and motion study carried out by the researcher at the De La Salle University Medical Center-Emergency Department, a training hospital with an ED census of about 35,000 visits annually. Parallel testing was done on the participants. Each patient/participant blood sample underwent both POCT and conventional laboratory testing. Laboratory result and result turnaround time of the POCT analyzer and conventional laboratory methods were assessed after all data were gathered. The study concluded that the comparison on the result turn-around time that current central laboratory testing at De La Salle University Medical Center had a longer time compared with the point of care testing (POCT) done in the Emergency Department. Also, the values and results obtained from the POCT are reliable and compare favorably with the values obtained in the institution's central laboratory testing.
APA Citation
Guinto, Fleurdeliz Kallos, "Point of care testing versus central laboratory testing : an evaluation of result turnaround time and accuracy at the De La Salle University Medical Center Emergency Department" (2015). Resident Research. 9.
https://greenprints.dlshsi.edu.ph/resident-research/9