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 an...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2021-11-01
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| Series: | BMJ Open |
| Online Access: | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/11/e048527.full |