Point of Care Diagnostic Testing Sector Trends

Point of care testing enables rapid diagnostic tests to be performed while the patient is at the point of care facility where results can be obtained immediately, rather than waiting hours or even days for outside lab results to arrive. Point of care testing covers: blood glucose testing, blood gas and electrolytes analysis, rapid coagulation testing, rapid cardiac markers diagnostics, drugs of abuse screening, urine strips testing, pregnancy testing, fecal occult blood analysis, food pathogens screening, hemoglobin diagnostics, infectious disease testing and cholesterol screening. The purpose of this TriMark Publications report is to describe the sector trends within the point of care testing (POCT) diagnostic market. It examines those measurement devices and their reagents and supplies that are utilized in hospitals, clinics, commercial laboratories and research institutions to detect cells and proteins for the purpose of diagnosis and monitoring of disease. This study includes all of the generally-accepted clinical analytical activities that are currently in use today. Additionally, an analysis of business and technology trends and developing areas of point of care and HPV testing is provided, along with a review of the market for point of care testing equipment and supplies in the clinical and research market segments, using screening reagents and instruments for analysis of individual components in blood, serum or plasma. This report defines U.S. and global market dollar sales volume and analyzes factors that influence the size and growth of market segments.