The number of published articles around electrochemical nucleic acid-based sensors is increasing every year. To visualise it better, the Web of Science database was searched using keywords "DNA or RNA or nucleic acid*" AND "*sensor* or rapid detection or quick detection" as the title AND "bacteria or pathogen*" as the topic. The number of articles found in this search per year since 1980 is shown in Figure . presenting an increase each year. There were fewer than ten articles published in this area per year in the 1980s, around twenty articles a year in the 1990s while the highest numbers were recorded since 2019 with around 160 articles published every year. Even though there is extensive research in this area, there is no commercially available electrochemical nucleic acid-based biosensor for POC detection yet . For the development of a successful POC device, there are several criteria to take in to consideration, so called "ASSURED criteria" such as Affordable, Sensitive, Specific, User-friendly, Rapid and robust, Equipmentfree and Deliverable to end-users . The performance of a POC should also be comparable to the traditional culture methods .