REDUCING UNNECESSARY NASOPHARYNGEAL VIRUS TESTING AT A TERTIARY CARE PAEDIATRIC CENTRE – A CHOOSING WISELY INITIATIVE

BACKGROUND: Viral respiratory testing in paediatric patients is commonly performed, however results often do not impact care and the procedure is uncomfortable for children. In 2014, nearly 6000 nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs for direct fluorescent antibody (DFA) testing (8 viruses) were completed with 6...

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Pubblicato in:Paediatr Child Health
Autori principali: Ostrow, O, Savlov, D, Petrich, A, Richardson, SE, Friedman, JN
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Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Oxford University Press 2017
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5804766/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pch/pxx086.042
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