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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"POCT"”.
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POCT Testing and Importance of Operator Lock-out
<p>Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) is usually performed at the patient’s bedside by healthcare providers other than laboratory- trained professionals. Rapid growth of POCT is supported by numerous factors which include healthcare provider efficiency, improving diagnostic insight and better patient …
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AI-assisted Development of Energy Harvesters for POCT
… Development of Energy Harvesters for POCT" investigates innovative energy harvesting technologies and neural network optimization to enhance design of pathogen detection and energy harvesting in biomedical applications. The work is centered on the design and validation of impedance …
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The development and application of point-of-care pathology testing (POCT) models for the early detection and management of diabetes and renal disease in indigenous medical services.
… question examined in this thesis was: Could POCT ( point-of-care pathology testing) models that were analytically sound and clinically and culturally effective be established in Australian Indigenous medical services for the prevention and management of diabetes and renal disease? The …
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Increasing point of care testing for glycated hemoglobin A1c levels in a family health clinic
… can see the results, point of care testing (POCT) is more convenient because it produces results in minutes. Purpose: The goal of this quality improvement project was to enhance patient outcomes by introducing an algorithm to ensure that patients with diabetes were effectively managed …
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A comparison of standard C-reactive protein laboratory measurement to point of care C-reactive protein test in a neonatal intensive care unit setting
… validate the Alere AfinionTM point of care test (POCT) CRP in a tertiary neonatal unit against the gold standard CRP assay in use by the National Health Laboratory service and to determine the difference in time to obtaining a result between the two systems. Methods: A prospective observational …
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Nichtlineare Kinetik und responsive Hydrogele für papierbasierte Schnelltestanwendungen
… steuerbaren Point-Of-Care Testsystemen (POCT). Durch z.B. einen thermischen Stimulus, wird das Lösungsverhalten eines Hydrogels so verändert, dass die gespeicherte Flüssigkeit freigesetzt und durch die Kapillarkraft des Papierkanals ins System transportiert wird. Die Eigenschaften dieses …
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Evaluating the prognostic value of risk factors contributing to cardiovascular disease and established risk score estimations
… measurements obtained through point-of-care (POCT) testing devices. The FRS and Prospective Cardiovascular Munster Study Risk Score (PROCAM) were calculated using the cleaned and validated data in Microsoft Excel. Analyses, including correlation matrices and multiple linear regression, were …
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A Rapid and Power-Efficient Laser-Induced Graphene Micro-Thermocycler for DNA Polymerase Chain Reaction
… heating element for PCR point-of-care testing (POCT), as the PCR detection result is highly dependent on following a specific reagent heating cycle. In particular, the LIG heater can be integrated directly on a polymeric film by laser scribing in one step, eliminating the need for …
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Evolution-dependent SARS-CoV-2 vaccination success determined by neutralizing antibodies and reliability of point-of-care testing
… for mass testing, point-of-care tests (POCTs) for antigen detection became necessary. In 2020, we determined the sensitivity of a newly developed POCT by comparison with RT-qPCR and virus cultivation assays. The accuracy of eight commercial SARS-CoV-2 specific antibody tests were …
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Development of dermally absorbed copper(ii) complexes as potential anti-inflammatory drugs
… complexes were found to be hydrophilic with log Poct/aq ranging from -3 to -2. Dermal absorption was estimated using an artificial membrane and a Franz cell. Only a moderate increase in membrane permeability of copper(II) was found. The stability of the copper(II) complexes, their ability to …
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Evaluation of biomarkers for the diagnosis, management and follow-up of women with gestational trophoblastic disease
… in the community, a point-of-care testing (POCT) device was evaluated for its suitability to triage women with pregnancy of unknown location (PUL) in the early pregnancy unit. The Abbott iSTAT®1 POCT instrument was chosen for this purpose and was clinically concordant with central laboratory …
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Development of spectroscopic smartphone biosensors for point-of-care applications
This dissertation explores the combination of two emergent areas within contemporary biosensing, smartphone based spectroscopy and photonic crystal enhanced microscopy, and how these technologies can be combined to produce a fundamentally novel point-of-care testing paradigm: a portable device …