[Infectiological Rapid Tests in Practices and at Home].

Bedside laboratory procedures so called "point of care testing - POCT" plays an emerging role in clinical routine practice. While glucose or urine protein screening has been established since a while, newer lateral flow assays (LFID), mostly as rapid diagnostic tests (RDT), play and upcoming role, as well as nucleic amplification based and micro carrier based systems. Hereby an accurate and precise diagnostic allows clinical decisions; in infectious diseases as well as other disciplines in medicine. All test are limited by sensitivity and specifity. Moreover, pre- and post-analytic handling also influences the test results. All results need to be assessed by a trained medical doctor.