Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Point-of-care tests (POCT) for glucose promote timely clinical management. We assessed the precision and accuracy of POCT compared with laboratory measurements in children undergoing dynamic function tests.Methods: Split samples of venous blood were tested on POCT meters (Precision PCx Plus and Precision Xceed Pro) and in the laboratory (ADVIA 2400). Clinical reliability was assessed against the ISO 15197 standard: In at least 95% of cases, d...