Point-of-Care Testing

ADLM releases guidance for blood lipid assessment, lipoprotein testing
By LabPulse.com staff writers
Document outlines recommendations for standardizing clinical lipid testing workflows.
September 4, 2024
Blood Test Samples Lab Social
Lumos Diagnostics extends deal to advance POC liver monitoring test to trials
By LabPulse.com staff writers
Lumos Diagnostics is expanding an existing deal with the Burnet Diagnostics Initiative that will advance a new point-of-care (POC) test for monitoring liver health in an upcoming clinical trial.
August 28, 2024
Liver Social
AI-guided rapid Lyme disease test shows promise for early detection
By LabPulse.com staff writers
A new test under development that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and a format similar to that of at-home COVID-19 tests has been shown to accurately identify Lyme disease within 20 minutes.
August 29, 2024
Ticks Sign Social
NowDiagnostics granted FDA marketing authorization for OTC syphilis test
By LabPulse.com staff writers
NowDiagnostics has been granted de novo marketing authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its First To Know over-the-counter (OTC) syphilis test.
August 16, 2024
Treponema pallidum, the bacteria that cause syphilis.
Carolina Liquid Chemistries, Medline sign distribution deal for POC fentanyl screening test
By LabPulse.com staff writers
Carolina Liquid Chemistries has forged an agreement with medical supply manufacturer and distributor Medline Industries to distribute its point-of-care fentanyl screening test kit to healthcare providers and clinical laboratories across the U.S.
August 2, 2024
Alcohol Drugs Pills Social
Babson Diagnostics launches new retail blood testing service in Texas
By LabPulse.com staff writers
Healthcare technology firm Babson Diagnostics is launching its new BetterWay blood testing service in retail pharmacies across the Austin, TX, area.
July 10, 2024
Lab Blood Dropper Social
Lab-on-a-chip nanogenerator device developed for monitoring blood conductivity
By Liz Carey
Self-powered millifluidic device works off triboelectrification and opens the possibility of designing implantable, self-powered diagnostic devices.
June 25, 2024
Labonachip Nanogenerator Pitt2024
CRISPR-based paper test could improve influenza testing access, outbreak surveillance
By LabPulse.com staff writers
Researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT, Harvard, and Princeton University have developed a low-cost paper strip test that uses CRISPR to distinguish between the two main types of seasonal influenza, A and B, as well as subtypes H1N1 and H3N2.
June 21, 2024
Influenza Virus Social
Sysmex POC urine test wins $10.2M prize
By LabPulse.com staff writers
Product offers potential to end the "just in case" prescribing that is currently prevalent and which promotes the development of antibiotic resistance.
June 13, 2024
PA-100 AST System from Sysmex Astrego AB in Sweden
POC test offers low-cost way to screen for toxoplasmosis during pregnancy
By Liz Carey
Gestational screening programs might benefit from a new clinical laboratory point-of-care (POC) diagnostic test that hunts for a parasite that can be transmitted during pregnancy.
May 29, 2024
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Scout secures CARB-X grant to advance diagnostic test development
By LabPulse.com staff writers
Scout, formerly Uh Oh Labs, will advance its point-of-care (POC) diagnostic test for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) with a new $1 million accelerator grant.
April 22, 2024
Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Babson adds hand-warming to blood testing mini-draws in Texas pharmacies
By LabPulse.com staff writers
Austin, TX-based Babson Diagnostics said it has received positive feedback for its hand-warmer, which is used as part of a finger-stick blood sample collection device in retail pharmacies.
April 16, 2024
Blood collection on the Babson Diagnostics hand-warmer.
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