Emergency Department Operations Point-of-Care Testing 
Taming the SRU
AUGUST 30, 2023
While PCT may be more specific for bacterial infections, it is flawed by still being rather non-specific and is not validated as a stand-alone diagnostic criteria for infection in the setting of the emergency department. Evaluation of fever in the emergency department. ng/mL (strongly recommended against antibiotics), 0.1-0.25
ACEP Now
DECEMBER 10, 2023
At the time, those who wanted to get tested for HIV had to go to receive an hour of counseling and then wait a week for their results. As the science was progressing into point-of-care testing, Dr. Calderon and her colleagues started testing different options for providing HIV counseling in the ED.
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