I-POCT ifushanisiwe yethi Point of Care Testing, engahunyushwa ngokuthi “ukuhlola ngesikhathi sangempela esizeni”.Izinsimbi ze-POCT zisetshenziswa kabanzi ngenxa yochungechunge lwezinzuzo ezifana nokuphatheka, ukusebenza okulula kanye nemiphumela efika ngesikhathi nenembile.Imikhiqizo yokutholwa kwe-POCT yezifo zenhliziyo isetshenziswa ikakhulukazi ekuhlolweni komthamo osheshayo noma wekhwalithi wezifo ezijwayelekile zenhliziyo (i-myocardial infarction, ukwehluleka kwenhliziyo, njll.).