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Aysha Habib Khan1, Shahid Shakeel1, Khairunnissa Hooda2
1Section of Chemical Pathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Aga Khan University (AKU), Karachi, Pakistan.
Abstract:
Implementation of a structured Point of Care Test (POCT) program is challenging. Traditionally POCT was unregulated and the aim was to introduce a structured POCT program at our tertiary care hospital to ensure compliance with regulatory standards. The purpose of this article is to describe how a hospital in a developing country with limited resources has approached POCT program initiative. The benefits offered by such systems, including cost-effectiveness, robustness and the ability to generate reliable accurate POCT results in a short time, are appropriate to the clinical and social needs of the developing world.
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