POCT, point-of-care testing, refers to clinical testing and bedside testing performed next to the patient, usually not necessarily by a clinical laboratory technician. It is a new kind of method that analyzes immediately at the sampling site, saves the complicated processing procedure of the specimen in the laboratory test, and obtains the test result quickly.
Point-of-care testing (POCT) is uniformly named by the POCT Equipment Technology Professional Committee of China Medical Equipment Association on the basis of multiple expert demonstrations, and it is defined as: carried out at the sampling site, using portable analytical instruments and A test method for quickly obtaining test results with supporting reagents. The meaning of POCT can be understood from two aspects: in terms of space, the test performed beside the patient, that is, "bedside test"; in terms of time, "point-of-care test" can be carried out.