Table 1.

Published reports on the reduction of turnaround times using point-of-care testing

Study	POCT	Assay	Central lab	Δ,↓
McCord, et al. 2001	24	Triage	71	66%
Caragher et al., 2002	38	Stratus CS	87	56%
Lee-Lewandrowski et al. 2003	17	Spectral	110	85%
Collinson et al. 2004	20	Triage	79	75%
Singer et al. 2005	15	Stratus CS	83	85%
Mean	23		89	79%