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Versatile electrophoresis‐based self‐test platform
Author(s) -
Guijt Rosanne M.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
electrophoresis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.666
H-Index - 158
eISSN - 1522-2683
pISSN - 0173-0835
DOI - 10.1002/elps.201500044
Subject(s) - point of care testing , computer science , analyte , point of care , reliability (semiconductor) , sample (material) , reliability engineering , chromatography , chemistry , medicine , engineering , pathology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
Lab on a Chip technology offers the possibility to extract chemical information from a complex sample in a simple, automated way without the need for a laboratory setting. In the health care sector, this chemical information could be used as a diagnostic tool for example to inform dosing. In this issue, the research underpinning a family of electrophoresis‐based point‐of‐care devices for self‐testing of ionic analytes in various sample matrices is described [ Electrophoresis 2015, 36 , 712–721.]. Hardware, software, and methodological chances made to improve the overall analytical performance in terms of accuracy, precision, detection limit, and reliability are discussed. In addition to the main focus of lithium monitoring, new applications including the use of the platform for veterinary purposes, sodium, and for creatinine measurements are included.