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Jean-Claude Nguyen Van¹, Benoît Pilmis^2,3, Najoua El Helali^1,4

¹Clinical Microbiology Department, Hôpitaux Saint-Joseph & Marie-Lannelongue, Paris, France.

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Point-of-care testing (POCT) enhances infectious disease diagnostics with rapid, decentralized results. Implementing POCT requires addressing workflow, stewardship, and financial barriers for successful integration across healthcare settings.

Keywords:

COVID-19 GBS implementation in infectious diseases influenza point-of-care testing

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Infectious Diseases

Background:

Point-of-care testing (POCT), especially nucleic acid-based assays, is revolutionizing infectious disease diagnostics.
Decentralized testing enables faster clinical decision-making in real-world hospital settings.

Purpose of the Study:

To identify operational lessons from hospital POCT deployments.
To propose a roadmap for broader implementation of POCT.
To highlight barriers and facilitators for POCT integration.

Main Methods:

Utilized implementation research frameworks to analyze hospital POCT deployments.
Examined barriers such as workflow integration, stewardship, and financial planning.
Identified facilitators including institutional support, clinical engagement, and quality assurance.

Main Results:

Common barriers include workflow integration, limited antimicrobial stewardship, and financial planning challenges.
Facilitators encompass institutional support, clinical engagement, training, quality assurance, and rapid results.
Structured POCT integration is advocated for critical care and outpatient settings.

Conclusions:

POCT deployment requires addressing identified barriers and leveraging facilitators for success.
Multidisciplinary organization and continuity are crucial for expanding POCT in various care settings.
Core principles of equity, sustainability, and clinical alignment should guide scalable POCT strategies.