Impact of a PCR point of care test for influenza A/B on an acute medical unit in a large UK teaching hospital: results of an observational, pre and post intervention study

BACKGROUND: Influenza viruses is a leading cause of acute respiratory infection, placing a significant burden on healthcare. To reduce hospital transmission, patients clinically suspected of having influenza are isolated and offered empirical antiviral treatment. Here we report the use of a point of...

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Autores principales: Garvey, Mark I., Wilkinson, Martyn A. C., Bradley, Craig W., Biggs, Martin, Reddy-Kolanu, Vinay, Osman, Husam, Carmalt, Sarah, Holden, Elisabeth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6636012/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31346461
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-019-0575-6

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