Webinar with LabVine
Beyond the Device: Designing Point-of-Care Testing as a Connected, Governed System
When every part of a testing service is optimised on its own, the whole can still underperform. This session looks at what it takes to make the entire diagnostic pathway work together once testing leaves the laboratory.
Part of the LabVine series The Bottleneck Fallacy: Why Local Fixes Fail Global Systems. Registration is handled by LabVine on Zoom Events.
What the session covers
Five things a testing service depends on once it leaves the laboratory
A 30 minute talk, an opening poll and 15 minutes of facilitated discussion. Educational, not a product presentation.
Ownership
Who is accountable for a result produced outside the laboratory, and what happens to quality when the answer is nobody in particular.
People
Hundreds of occasional operators, cascade training and no register: why competency has to be recorded per person, per device and per test.
Quality you can see
Control results and EQA returns that are visible across every site, and a loop that closes the failures that would otherwise repeat.
Results that reach the record
A result on a device screen or in a photographed log is not yet a result the service can govern. What changes when it lands where it belongs.
Oversight
One view across sites, devices and operators, so that a drift is noticed on a Tuesday and not at the annual assessment.
About the speaker
Adnan Alrefai, Founder of POCTIFY LTD
A clinical scientist who has worked every side of point of care testing: implementing, validating and supporting services inside hospitals, advising device manufacturers and distributors, and building the software that runs the governance of a testing service.
About LabVine
LabVine, part of LTS Global, describes itself as the capability engine for laboratory performance. It reaches more than 22,000 laboratory professionals worldwide through an annual Seasonal School, monthly webinars and structured capability programmes.
This session belongs to the LabVine series on why local fixes fail global systems. See the full LabVine webinar programme.
Who it is for
- Laboratory leaders and quality managers whose organisation runs testing outside the laboratory.
- POCT coordinators and the clinical teams that depend on them.
- Anyone weighing a device decision who suspects the device is not the whole decision.
Previous appearances
Where POCTIFY has spoken
- December 2025POCT National Networking Forum, London
- October 2025Delivering POCT: Diagnostics in the Community, Manchester
Join the session on Wednesday 23 September 2026
15:00 to 15:45 UK time (14:00 UTC). Registration is through LabVine on Zoom Events. A recording is at LabVine's discretion, so the live session is the one to be at.