Combine rapid diagnostics with prescribing decision support
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Integrate rapid pathogen or biomarker tests with clinical guidance, training and stewardship follow-up so results change antibiotic selection rather than merely add information.
Sixteen general practices and University of Bristol research partners · Region
A randomized trial across 16 general practices in southwest England tested whether rapid multiplex microbiological point-of-care testing would reduce same-day antibiotic prescribing for children and adults with respirat…
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Vietnam
PartialVietnamese community health centres and research partners · National
Forty-eight community health centres in Vietnam were randomized to routine care or routine care with point-of-care C-reactive protein (CRP) testing for patients with non-severe acute respiratory infections. Testing was…
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