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Routine molecular point-of-care testing for SARS-CoV-2 reduces hospital-acquired COVID-19

OBJECTIVES: Risk of hospital-acquired COVID-19 (HA-COVID-19) infection is increased by cohorting infected and non-infected patients together in assessment areas, whist awaiting laboratory PCR results. Molecular point-of-care tests (mPOCT) reduce time to results and improve patient flow but the impac...

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Autores principales: Livingstone, Robert, Lin, Hlaing, Brendish, Nathan J., Poole, Stephen, Tanner, Alex R., Borca, Florina, Smith, Trevor, Stammers, Matthew, Clark, Tristan W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The British Infection Association. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8802147/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35108599
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2022.01.034