Bypassing the lab and rapidly diagnosing patients right then and there has its limitations, but benefits of POC testing go beyond delivering timelier STI treatment. Complications should be fewer-and you'll no longer be treating noninfected women.
Divya A. Patel, PhD
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DR. PATEL is a Research Investigator, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Articles by Divya A. Patel, PhD
Bypassing the lab and rapidly diagnosing patients right then and there has its limitations, but benefits of POC testing go beyond delivering timelier STI treatment. Complications should be fewer-and you'll no longer be treating noninfected women.
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