Last Trends in Point-of-Care (POC) Diagnostics for the Management of Hematological Indices in Home Care Patients

Abstract

Today, complete blood count (CBC) analyses are highly automated and allow for high throughput and accurate and reliable results. However, new analytical tools are in great demand to provide simple, rapid and cost-effective management of hematological indices in home care patients. Chronic disease monitoring at home has become a benefit for patients who are finding cost savings in programs designed to monitor/treat patients in offsite locations. This review reports the latest trends in point-of-care (POC) diagnostics useful for home testing of key hematological counts that may be affected during home therapy treatment.

Keywords

• hemoglobin detection
• cancer home care
• point of care
• telemedicine
• commercial devices