ArticleClinics in laboratory medicine2009
Point-of-care testing for disasters: needs assessment, strategic planning, and future design.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.
- The role, challenges, and solutions of laboratories in disaster medicine: a systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Geospatial Point-of-Care Testing Strategies for COVID-19 Resilience in Resource-Poor Settings: Rural Cambodia Field Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Article
- Using geographic rescue time contours, point-of-care strategies, and spatial care paths to prepare island communities for global warming, rising oceans, and weather disasters.International journal of health geographics · 2023Article
- 2021 Patient Preferences for Point of Care Testing Survey: More Acceptance and Less Concern.The journal of applied laboratory medicine · 2022Article
- Patient Preferences for Point-of-Care Testing: Survey Validation and Results.Point of care · 2020Article
- Molecular detection and point-of-care testing in Ebola virus disease and other threats: a new global public health framework to stop outbreaks.Expert review of molecular diagnostics · 2015Review
- The Value of Clinical Needs Assessments for Point-of-Care Diagnostics.Point of care · 2012Article
- Strategic Point-of-Care Requirements of Hospitals and Public Health for Preparedness in Regions At Risk.Point of care · 2012Article
- Assessing Point-of-Care Device Specifications and Needs for Pathogen Detection in Emergencies and Disasters.Point of care · 2012Article
- POINT-OF-CARE HEMATOLOGY AND COAGULATION TESTING IN PRIMARY, RURAL EMERGENCY, AND DISASTER CARE SCENARIOS.Point of care · 2012Article
- Evidence-Based Point-of-Care Device Design for Emergency and Disaster Care.Point of care · 2010Article
- Enhancing crisis standards of care using innovative point-of-care testing.American journal of disaster medicineArticle
- Evidence-based point-of-care tests and device designs for disaster preparedness.American journal of disaster medicineArticle
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Abstract
Objective evidence-based national surveys serve as a first step in identifying suitable point-of-care device designs, effective test clusters, and environmental operating conditions. Preliminary survey results show the need for point-of-care testing (POCT) devices using test clusters that specifically detect pathogens found in disaster scenarios. Hurricane Katrina, the tsunami in southeast Asia, and the current influenza pandemic (H1N1, "swine flu") vividly illustrate lack of national and global preparedness. Gap analysis of current POCT devices versus survey results reveals how POCT needs can be fulfilled. Future thinking will help avoid the worst consequences of disasters on the horizon, such as extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis and pandemic influenzas. A global effort must be made to improve POC technologies to rapidly diagnose and treat patients to improve triaging, on-site decision making, and, ultimately, economic and medical outcomes.
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