They’re thinking of having WBC as a point-of-care test. Is this really needed?
Also, more useless WBC’s being ordered means a higher percentage of falsely abnormal test results. This inevitably leads to more clinical testing, more diagnostic dead-ends, more needless patient anxiety, and more wasted healthcare dollars.
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