Point-of-Care Testing: The best thing you don’t know about.


  • May 1, 2021
  • /   Jade Fricks
  • /   point-of-care testing,POC,covid testing,flu test,strep test,rapid test pharmacy
Point-of-Care Rapid Testing

The only thing worse than waking up with a sore throat, fever, or that general sick feeling is having to schedule an office visit for a test and prescription if needed. Finding an appointment opening, an hour in the waiting room, and paying an expensive visit fee leaves you wanting to pull the covers over your head to pray it goes away on its own. The sobering fact is that thousands of deaths occur each year from flu and strep that could have been prevented if caught and treated early. Point-of-care testing now offers a faster and easier option to the traditional office visit.

What is Point-of-Care testing?

Point-of-care testing is a tool for health care professionals to accurately achieve real-time, lab-quality diagnostic results within minutes rather than hours. Simply put, the ability to offer an immediate test to a patient during the symptom gathering process, and generate accurate test results in minutes without the need of a lab. This improvement allows patients to receive treatment in the fastest manner possible.

Fricks Pharmacy offers point-of-care testing that allows patients to receive a rapid flu or strep test with results in as little as 15 minutes. If you test positive, we will send you home with a prescription and treatment plan.

What tests do you offer?

Fricks Pharmacy currently offers rapid testing for:

Flu A+B · Strep · COVID Antigen · COVID Antibody · Combination COVID and Flu · Blood glucose · Cholesterol   

Next time you are feeling sick and determine a flu, strep or COVID test might be needed, skip the time and cost of an office visit and head to Fricks Pharmacy. We will get you in, out and on your way to recovery.   

For more questions about our point-of-care testing or other services we offer contact us at (850) 665-4657 or [email protected].

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