Clinical application and future prospect of point-of-care testing / 中华检验医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Point-of-care testing (POCT) has the characteristics of convenient carrying, fast detection, convenient operation, high applicability to detection conditions and personnel, and can be carried out next to patients. In recent years, POCT has developed rapidly and has been widely used. The clinical value of POCT is reflected in emergency medicine, clinical front-line, primary medical care, public health prevention and control, out-of-hospital management of patients, consumer self-test and many other scenarios. With more and more extensive attention and applications, POCT is also facing challenges in its supervision and management, product quality and new scene requirements. However, with its rapid development, more advanced technologies like mobile smart devices, 5G communication technology, wearable devices, molecular and mass spectrometry detection technology, artificial intelligence are now further integrated with POCT. POCT is expected to be used for clinical diagnosis and treatment, public health prevention and control, and large-scale application. It will be widely used in health management.