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210. Improved Antimicrobial Utilization in the Emergency Department: Impact of a Point of Care Polymerase Chain Reaction Test for The Rapid Detection Influenza

BACKGROUND: Due to poor sensitivity, the FDA mandated that rapid influenza antigen (IAT) must be phased out by 2018. At our institution an on-site rapid influenza PCR (PCR) was implemented in emergency departments (ED) at the start of the 2016–2017 influenza season. The purpose of this study was to...

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Autores principales: Williams, Jonathan, Mercuro, Nicholas, Vahia, Amit, Rizvi, Hira, Hameed, Mujtaba, Abreu-Lanfranco, Odaliz, Bhargava, Pallavi, Samuel, Linoj, Alangaden, George
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6253968/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.223

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