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Point-of-caretesting(POCTorbedsidetesting)isdefinedasmedicaldiagnostictestingatornearthepointofcare—thatis,atthetimeandplaceof ...

Diagnostic testing performed at or near the point of care

Point-of-care testing (POCT), also called near-patient testing or bedside testing, is defined as medical diagnostic testing at or near the point of care—that is, at the time and place of patient care.[1][2] This contrasts with the historical pattern in which testing was wholly or mostly confined to the medical laboratory, which entailed sending off specimens away from the point of care and then waiting hours or days to learn the results, during which time care must continue without the desired information.

Point-of-care tests are simple medical tests that can be performed at the bedside. In many cases, the simplicity was not achievable until technology developed not only to make a test pos...