You’ll find our best evidence on point-of-care testing. These range from short reports to in-depth systematic reviews, recommendation reports, and implementation tools geared to translating research into action.
We’ve selected the following materials to get you started:
- Rapid Tests for the Diagnosis of Group A Streptococcal Infection: A Review of Diagnostic Test Accuracy, Clinical Utility, Safety, and Cost-Effectiveness (Peer-Reviewed Summary With Critical Appraisal, May 2018)
- Point-of-Care Testing: Summary of Evidence (Tool, November 2017) — a summary of key findings of CADTH reports assessing the available evidence on point-of-care testing for the following health services areas — cardiac/vascular, diabetes, infectious diseases, and ultrasound and imaging
- Diagnosing the flu on the fly: Point-of-care tests for influenza (Hospital News article, February 2017)