Evaluating operational specifications of point-of-care diagnostic tests: a standardized scorecard.

The expansion of HIV antiretroviral therapy into decentralized rural settings will increasingly require simple point-of-care (POC) diagnostic tests that can be used without laboratory infrastructure and technical skills. New POC test devices are becoming available but decisions around which technolo...

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Main Authors: Jonathan D Lehe, Nádia E Sitoe, Ocean Tobaiwa, Osvaldo Loquiha, Jorge I Quevedo, Trevor F Peter, Ilesh V Jani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3485252?pdf=render