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Point‐of‐Care Diagnostics Enter the Mouth
Author(s) -
TABAK LAWRENCE A.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1384.043
Subject(s) - saliva , point of care testing , point of care , point (geometry) , medicine , intensive care medicine , computer science , pathology , geometry , mathematics
: In this succinct review, I delineate a case supporting point‐of‐care (POC) diagnostics to provide a brief outline of why oral fluid/saliva–based POC offer several advantages over more traditional blood‐based tests and conclude with a focused overview of the ethical, legal, and social implications of more widespread access to oral fluid/saliva–based POC diagnostics.