Point-Of-Care Chemistry Test (POCT) Effect on the Emergency Department (ED)

A Randomized Controlled Multi-center Trial of a Point-Of-Care Chemistry Test for Reduction of Turnaround and Clinical Decision Time in the Emergency Department

The hypothesis of this study is that POCT will shorten ED turn-around-time (TAT) such as blood drawing TAT, lab TAT, and decision TAT.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients older than 15 years
• clinically required to have chemistry lab tests
• agreement

Exclusion Criteria:

• no agreement
• ESI level 1