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Follow on Google News | Point of Care Devices in limited settingsBy: HealthCubed Point-of-care medical devices are in vitro diagnostics used by health care professionals to obtain results rapidly near or at the site of a patient, which facilitates disease diagnosis, monitoring, and management. The conventional clinical diagnostic procedure requires high-end and costly instruments, an expert technician for operation and result interpretation, longer time, etc. that ultimately makes it exhausting and expensive. Uses of POCT POCT can be used for:
Need of POC devices in Indian healthcare system. India is a growing economy and a hotspot for market investments; POC tests reduce the TAT drastically, which is necessary and effective in managing critical cases. .Integrating with appropriate software, POC test results can be stored in the medical database and shared with healthcare workers through a software instantly. Criteria for identifying a reliable and accurate POC device. World Health Organization (WHO) has laid down 'ASSURED' criteria for POC tests in resource-limited settings; (i) affordable (by those at risk), (ii) sensitive (few false negatives), (iii) specific (few false positive), (iv) user-friendly (simple to perform and needs minimum training), (v) rapid (producing results within few minutes) and robust (rigid storage conditions), (vi) equipment free (no complex system), (vii) delivered (to needy) . Therefore, the devices fulfilling the above criteria have the potential application in the Indian healthcare system. The HealthCube device ecosystem abides the guidelines by WHO. Get in touch to know more- https://healthcubed.com/ End
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