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Frequencies and patterns of microbiology test requests from primary care in Oxfordshire, UK, 2008–2018: a retrospective cohort study of electronic health records to inform point-of-care testing

OBJECTIVES: To inform point-of-care test (POCT) development, we quantified the primary care demand for laboratory microbiology tests by describing their frequencies overall, frequencies of positives, most common organisms identified, temporal trends in testing and patterns of cotesting on the same a...

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Autores principales: Ordóñez-Mena, JM, Fanshawe, Thomas R, Foster, Dona, Andersson, Monique, Oakley, Sarah, Stoesser, Nicole, Walker, A. Sarah, Hayward, Gail
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8611454/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34815274
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048527