Point Of Care

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
POC
Pronunciation
/pɔɪnt əv kɛr/
Category
Medical
Related Field
Hospitals

Examples in Context

  1. Medical errors that cost dollars and lives are most often the result from the lack of the right information being available in the right form at the point of care.
  2. The development of rapid, simple, and accurate tuberculosis diagnostic tools with applicability at point of care and remote location is essential.
  3. Better and faster diagnostic tests are needed across the board for all emerging infectious diseases especially at the point of care.
  4. As the healthcare industry works to fully adopt global supply chain standards, the importance of tracking supply consumption at the point of care is critical to patient safety.
  5. Simple enough to use in your office or clinic, and yet powerful enough to deliver lab-quality performance at the point of care.

Other meanings of POC

People Of Color Community
Person of Color Misc
Proof Of Concept Gov
Plan Of Care Medical
Piece Of Cake Misc
Point Of Contact Gov
Prisoner Of Conscience Community
PTT (Push-To-talk) Over Cellular Computing
Post-Operative Care Medical
Proof of Coverage Gov