Can the Point-Of-Care Chemistry Test (POCT) Solve the Emergency Department (ED) Crowding?

A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Central Laboratory and Point-of-care Chemistry Test for Solving the Emergency Department Crowding

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01402635

Acronym

POCTED

Enrollment

10244

Registered

2011-07-26

Start date

2011-01-31

Completion date

2011-08-31

Last updated

2012-07-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Crowding

Keywords

crowding, Point-of-Care Systems, emergency medicine

Brief summary

The hypothesis of this study that the Point-Of-Care Chemistry Test (POCT) may shorten Emergency Department (ED) length of stay (LOS).

Detailed description

ED crowding is one of the most serious problems in ED. POCT has shorter turn-around time compared to centralized laboratory system. If POCT introduce to ED, it may help to shorten LOS of ED patients.

Interventions

DEVICEpoint-of-care chemistry test(POCT) (Piccolo)

comprehensive chemistry POCT including ALB, ALP, ALT, AST, BUN, Ca, Cl-, Cre, Glu, K+, Na+, TBil, TCO2, TP It takes 12minutes to perform analyze.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

15 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients older than 15 years * clinically required to have chemistry lab tests * ESI 2-5 * written agreement to participate

Exclusion criteria

* no agreement * ESI level 1 * no chemistry lab

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
length of stay	average 7days from ED visit(up to time of discharge at ED or admission to ward)	Time interval between registration at ED and leaving at ED(discharge, admission, etc.)

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
length of stay(subgroup)	average 7days from ED visit (up to time of discharge at ED or admission to ward)	length of stay analysis for Emergency Severity Index (ESI) 3-4, admission or discharge group

Countries

South Korea

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026