Teriparatide forms new bone, increases bone mineral density and bone strength, and as a result reduces the chance of getting a fracture (broken bone). Teriparatide can be used by men or postmenopausal women with osteoporosis who are at high risk for having fractures.
âPointâofâcare testing (POCT) refers to any testing conducted outside a lab, in. a hospital, in a clinic or by a health care organization providing ambulatory. care. This includes testing performed at sites outside the traditional lab. dedicated to medical biology, near where care is delivered to the client. Pointâ.
Clinical laboratory science managers and industry. representatives who have researched health care trends. provide evidence that POCT is here to stay. Studies of what. health care will be like in the year 2000 indicate that the. delivery of health care will be broadly decentralized. According to current projections the purchases of diagnostic. products in US markets will increase markedly for diagnosing. infectious diseases, central nervous system disease, cancer.