Point-of-Care Tests for Infections and Other Diseases
In this era of antimicrobial resistance, its important to use antibiotics and medicines appropriately.
When someone has fever & symptoms suggestive of upper respiratory tract infection - then, at times challenging to differentiate between viral or bacterial infection based only on clinical history and examination . Unnecessary antibiotics in patient with viral infection can be harmful to the patient - can cause nausea, vomiting , drug allergies & also, promote antibiotic resistance in the individual.
Labs play a vital role in diagnosis and the tests should be available, reliable, quick & cost-effective.
A C-reactive protein (CRP) test measures the level of C-reactive protein in the blood. It is an important biomarker of inflammation and infections. It has been used for the diagnosis of infections like COVID-19, bacterial infections , and different causes of inflammation like certain autoimmune conditions. Instead of waiting for many hours - the CRP result is available in just 3 mins by the point-of-care diagnostic test (POCT).
Point-of-care testing (POCT) is a rapidly growing diagnostic tool that has reduced the testing challenges of conventional diagnostics tests, especially in resource-limited settings.
POCT tests helps enables quick medical decisions, as early disease diagnosis can lead to improved health outcomes for patients by enabling early start of treatment.
POCT is a recently launched Immunofluorescence Quantitative Analyzer offers advantages such as;
Multi-Channels (8 channels) - Multiple test items can be tested at the same time, saving operation time, easy operation, No contamination, rapid test results within 3-15 min, providing steady test environment (32OC) with more accurate test result
CIPPOINT offers several parameters to be tested which includes; Reproduction/Fertility, Thyroid, Diabetes (HbA1c), Cardiac, Infection/Inflammation and Iron Deficiency
All these parameters have been tested and validated with gold standard tests and their performance was found to be satisfactory.