Impact of Fast SARS-CoV-2 Molecular Point-Of-Care Testing on Patients’ Length of Stay in an Emergency Department

Impact of Fast SARS-CoV-2 Molecular Point-Of-Care Testing on Patients’ Length of Stay in an Emergency Department

ABSTRACT The ID NOW COVID-19 system (IDNOW) is a point-of-care test (POCT) providing results within 15 min. We evaluated the impact of IDNOW use on patient length of stay (LOS) in an emergency department (ED). In the ED of Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, France, adult patients requiring a rapid diagnos...

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Main Authors: Audrey Baron, Olivier Peyrony, Maud Salmona, Nadia Mahjoub, Sami Ellouze, Maud Anastassiou, Constance Delaugerre, Jean-Paul Fontaine, Sylvie Chevret, Jerome LeGoff, Linda Feghoul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-08-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
molecular detection
point of care
length of stay
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00636-22

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