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2. Point-of-care testing - Wikipedia

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   Point-of-care testing ( POCT ), also called near-patient testing or bedside testing, is defined as medical diagnostic testing at or near the point of care —that is, at the time and place of patient care. [1] [2] This contrasts with the historical pattern in which testing was wholly or mostly confined to the medical laboratory, which entailed ...

3. Blood test - Wikipedia

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   A blood test is a laboratory analysis performed on a blood sample that is usually extracted from a vein in the arm using a hypodermic needle, or via fingerprick. Multiple tests for specific blood components, such as a glucose test or a cholesterol test, are often grouped together into one test panel called a blood panel or blood work.

4. Quest Diagnostics - Wikipedia

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   Quest Diagnostics Incorporated. Quest Diagnostics Incorporated is an American clinical laboratory. A Fortune 500 company, Quest operates in the United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Brazil. [ 3] Quest also maintains collaborative agreements with various hospitals and clinics across the globe. [ 4]

5. Labcorp - Wikipedia

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   Labcorp. Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, more commonly known as Labcorp, is an American healthcare company headquartered in Burlington, North Carolina. It operates one of the largest clinical laboratory networks in the world, with a United States network of 36 primary laboratories. Before a merger with National Health Laboratory in ...

6. Complete blood count - Wikipedia

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   A complete blood count ( CBC ), also known as a full blood count ( FBC ), is a set of medical laboratory tests that provide information about the cells in a person's blood. The CBC indicates the counts of white blood cells, red blood cells and platelets, the concentration of hemoglobin, and the hematocrit (the volume percentage of red blood ...

7. Medical laboratory - Wikipedia

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   A medical laboratory or clinical laboratory is a laboratory where tests are conducted out on clinical specimens to obtain information about the health of a patient to aid in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. [1] Clinical medical laboratories are an example of applied science, as opposed to research laboratories that focus on ...

8. Thyroid function tests - Wikipedia

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   Thyroid function tests ( TFTs) is a collective term for blood tests used to check the function of the thyroid. [1] TFTs may be requested if a patient is thought to suffer from hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid) or hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid), or to monitor the effectiveness of either thyroid-suppression or hormone replacement therapy.

9. Basic metabolic panel - Wikipedia

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   Basic metabolic panel. A basic metabolic panel ( BMP) is a blood test consisting of a set of seven or eight biochemical tests and is one of the most common lab tests ordered by health care providers. Outside the United States, blood tests made up of the majority of the same biochemical tests are called urea and electrolytes ( U&E or " U and Es ...