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It is generally recognized that POCT is more expensive on a unit cost basis than central laboratory testing. In the case of the Biosite D-dimer, the unit cost, including reagents, labor, quality control, and calibration, is approximately $23.92 per test. The VIDAS D-dimer cost is approximately $20.92 per test, including labor, supplies, and specimen processing.
Quantitative D-dimer assay result can be reported as either concentration of D-dimer or as FEUs, depending on the calibration method. The two numerical values are easily convertible to each other, since the mass of one unit of FEU equals approximately half of one D-dimer unit (D-DU):