Hospital Resource Utilization and Patient Outcomes Associated with Respiratory Viral Testing in Hospitalized Patients

Hospital Resource Utilization and Patient Outcomes Associated with Respiratory Viral Testing in Hospitalized Patients

Testing patients for respiratory viruses should guide isolation precautions and provide a rationale for antimicrobial drug therapies, but few studies have evaluated these assumptions. To determine the association between viral testing, patient outcomes, and care processes, we identified adults hospi...

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Main Authors: Sunita Mulpuru, Shawn D. Aaron, Paul E. Ronksley, Nadine Lawrence, Alan J. Forster
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-08-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
nasopharyngeal swabs
respiratory viruses
infection control
isolation precautions
administrative data
viruses
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/8/14-0978_article

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