What is Multiplexed point-of-care testing?

Multiplexed point-of-care testing is a more complex form of point-of-care testing , or bedside testing. Point-of-care testing is designed to provide diagnostic tests at or near the time and place that the patient is admitted. POCT uses the concentrations of analytes to provide the user with information on the physiological state of the patient. An analyte is a substance, chemical or biological, that is being analyzed using a certain instrument. While point-of-care testing is the quantification of one analyte from one in vitro sample, multiplexed point-of-care testing is the simultaneous on-site quantification of various analytes from a single sample.

Processing of one biological sample to yield multiple biomarker results allows for POCT testing to be done for patients who may have conditions that require the confirmation of multiple biomarkers and tests before diagnosis. xPOCT has important emerging applications in resource-limited settings, xPOCT has recently become more important for in vitro diagnostics.