Point of care testing of Influenza A/B and RSV in an adult respiratory assessment unit is associated with improvement in isolation practices and reduction in hospital length of stay

INTRODUCTION. Every winter seasonal influenza and other viral respiratory infections increase pressure on the health services and are associated with nosocomial infection and morbidity. AIM. To compare provision of point-of-care (POC) testing with laboratory-based testing for influenza and RSV detec...

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Autores principales: Berry, Louise, Lansbury, Louise, Gale, Lydia, Carroll, Ann Marie, Lim, Wei Shen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Microbiology Society 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7451037/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32250239
http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.001187

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