Patient Safety in Point of Care Testing

Patient Safety emphasizes the reporting, analysis and prevention of medical errors that very often leads to adverse healthcare situations.1 in 10 patients are impacted by medical errors.The WHO calls the patient safety issue an endemic concern. A number of well-known experts of all areas in the medical field have collectedvery valuable information for a better patient treatment and higher safety culture in all medical disciplines.

Point-of-care testing (POCT) offers the significant advantage of rapidly available laboratory test results withhigh potential to expedite clinical decision making and improve patient outcomes. The growing repertoire of POCTsimplifies the testing process and may be more prone to errors than conventional laboratory testing.This book will cover all critical issues if using the POCT in routine and show solutions to improve patient safety.

Auteur
James H. Nichols, Tufts University, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA; Astrid Petersmann, University Medicine Greifswald, Germany.