Can We Apply the Control Material from Standard Clinical Chemistry Analyzer for Usage in the Point of Care Testing Analyzer?

Editor, the use of point of care testing (poct) analyzer is the new hope to solve the problem of limitation of laboratory analysis within the remote clinical setting (1). however, an important concern is on the quality control process of poct analyzer (1). the problems on the quality control material should be mentioned. the main problems include a) it is not easy to find the specific control material and b) the control material is expensive and might not be affordable for each specific remote setting with limited number of analytical cases. to