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<p><b>Point-of-care testing</b> (<b>POCT</b>), also called <b>near-patient testing</b> or <b>bedside testing</b>, is defined as medical <a href="page.php?w=diagnostic_test">diagnostic test</a>ing at or near the <a href="page.php?w=point_of_care">point of care</a>--that is, at the time and place of <a href="page.php?w=patient">patient</a> care. This contrasts with the historical pattern in which testing was wholly or mostly confined to the <a href="page.php?w=medical_laboratory">medical laboratory</a>, which entailed sending off <a href="page.php?w=Biological_specimen">specimen</a>s</p><p>
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