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ReviewEJIFCC2023

A framework for implementing best laboratory practices for non-integrated point of care tests in low resource settings.

Lena Jafri, Sibtain Ahmed, Hafsa Majid, Farooq Ghani, Tahir Pillay, Aysha Habib Khan, Imran Siddiqui, Shahid Shakeel, Shuja Ahmed, Saba Azeem and 1 more

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Review in EJIFCC, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 40% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Lena JafriDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Sibtain AhmedDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Hafsa MajidDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Farooq GhaniDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Tahir PillayDepartment of Chemical Pathology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Aysha Habib KhanDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Imran SiddiquiDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Shahid ShakeelDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Shuja AhmedDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Saba AzeemDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Adil KhanPoint-of-Care Testing & Clinical Chemistry, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Aga Khan University · PKUniversity of Pretoria · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The method we respond to pandemics is still inadequate for dealing with the point of care testing (POCT) requirements of the next large epidemic. The proposed framework highlights the importance of having defined policies and procedures in place for non-integrated POCT to protect patient safety. In the absence of a pathology laboratory, this paradigm may help in the supply of diagnostic services to low-resource centers. A review of the literature was used to construct this POCT framework for non-integrated and/or unconnected devices. It also sought professional advice from the Chemical Pathology faculty, quality assurance laboratory experts and international POCT experts from the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC). Our concept presents a comprehensive integrated and networked approach to POCT with direct and indirect clinical laboratory supervision, particularly for outpatient and inpatient care in low-resource health care settings.

Indexed as

frameworklow resource settingsnon-integratedPOCT

Identifiers

PMID37455843
PMCPMC10349313
OpenAlexW4384493274

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