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单词 point of care
释义

point of care

noun

variants or less commonly point-of-care
plural points of care also points-of-care
: a site where medical care is received
Antigen testing … is cheaper and faster than standard testing, and it can happen at points of care—long-term-care facilities, prisons, schools, and doctors' offices. Whet Moser
… truly universal [health insurance] systems offer healthcare free (or nearly free) at the point of care. A. W. Gaffney
… this ongoing trend is also changing the way that patient testing is viewed—and especially the way that healthcare providers view testing performed at the point-of-care Kim Futrell
often used especially in hyphenated form before another noun
point-of-care testingShifts toward point-of-care coronavirus tests, which are fast and simple enough to perform without the need for specialized equipment, could ease some of the burden on laboratories. Katherine J. Wu… patients with prolonged out-of-hospital times may benefit most from point-of-care thrombolysis. Laurie J. Morrison et al.

Word History

First Known Use

1988, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

point of care

noun

variants also point-of-care
plural points of care also points-of-care
: a site where medical care is received
tests for use at the point of care
Antigen testing … is cheaper and faster than standard testing, and it can happen at points of care—long-term-care facilities, prisons, schools, and doctors' offices. Whet Moser, The Atlantic
often used before another noun
Quidel's rapid immunodiagnostics are used in the point-of-care detection of human medical conditions and illness. Medical Industry Today
The key objective of point of care testing is to generate a result quickly so that appropriate treatment can be implemented … Christopher P. Price, British Medical Journal
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