Record Status This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment from a member of INAHTA. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database. Citation CADTH. Point of care testing compared to laboratory testing for the assessment of white blood cell counts and differentials: a review of the clinical effectiveness, diagnostic precision and accuracy, cost-effectiveness, and guidelines. Ottawa: Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH). Rapid Response - Summary with Critical Appraisal. 2013 Authors' conclusions In general, POC testing is reliable and produces comparable results to a standard reference analyzer. The HemoCue WBC analyzer was also found to be stable under different conditions, and the counts can be interfered by a number of pathologic conditions. A guideline from the International Council for Standardization in Hematology (ICSH) was developed in 2008 to provide information on how to develop and manage a POC service so that reliable hematology results are produced. There were no studies on comparative clinical effectiveness, and cost effectiveness between POC WBC testing and standard laboratory testing. Indexing Status Subject indexing assigned by CRD MeSH Leukocyte Counts; Point-of-Care Systems Language Published English Country of organisation Canada English summary An English language summary is available. Address for correspondence Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH), 865 Carling Avenue, Suite 600, Ottawa, Ontario Canada, K1S 5S8 Email: requests@cadth.ca AccessionNumber 32014000909 Date abstract record published 17/07/2014 |