Using a novel rapid viral test to improve triage of emergency department patients with acute respiratory illness during flu season

Highlights • Seasonal viral respiratory illnesses overburden emergency department resources.• Current viral testing practices are ineffective for patient management in the ED.• Triage viral testing can reduce transmission risk & optimize antimicrobial therapy.

• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Journal of Clinical Virology

• Publication date

  2018-09-15

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/j.jcv.2018.09.008PMID 30261422PMCID 7106347
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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