Evidence-Based Point-of-Care Device Design for Emergency and Disaster Care.

The 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia and Hurricane Katrina in 2006 illustrated the need for POCT in disaster settings and the vulnerability of point-of-care (POC) devices to harsh disaster environments.1-5 Therefore, device developers must identify POC prerequisites for emergencies and disasters. The goal of this research was to better define diagnostic device design criteria in order to resolve technological gaps for POC emergency and disaster testing. To achieve this goal the POC Technologies Center developed and administered an emergency and disaster care needs assessment survey.

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