Impact of a Transition from Respiratory Virus Shell Vial to Multiplex PCR on Clinical Outcomes and Cost in Hospitalized Children

While respiratory virus PCR panel (RVPP) is more expensive than shell vial (SV) cell culture, it has been shown to reduce unnecessary diagnostic procedures, decrease the inappropriate use of antimicrobials, and shorten the hospital length of stay (LOS). We therefore hypothesized that, for hospitaliz...

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Autores principales: Iroh Tam, Pui-Ying, Zhang, Lei, Cohen, Zohara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5296664/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28067857
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children4010003

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5296664/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28067857
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children4010003

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