Comparison of the time required for manual, visually read and semi-automated POCT urinalysis and pregnancy testing with associated electronic medical record (EMR) transcription errors.

•A 0.9% error rate was found for manual documentation of UA testing.•A high rate of non-documentation of results was found in outpatient clinics.•Non-documentation rate was 10.5–19.6% for manual UA and 20.3–25.4% for manual UPT.•Semi-automated testing interfaced to EMR would have greatly reduced the errors.