Point-of-care testing (POCT) diagnostic systems are instruments
that can rapidly provide in vitro diagnostic results by non-trained
personnel at a patient site in the physician’s office, the field, the
home, an ambulance, or a hospital [1]. Traditionally, and still today,
diagnostic tests are usually performed at central laboratories
equipped with bench-top analyzers and operated by trained personnel.
As a result, patients usually have to wait for days to receive
their test results. Thus, there has been a growing need to provide
diagnostic results at the point of care, for prompt treatment of
acute diseases such as acute myocardial infarction and for homecare
diagnostics such as diabetes monitoring