Impact of Total Laboratory Automation on Turnaround Times for Urine Cultures and Screening Specimens for MRSA, ESBL, and VRE Carriage: Retrospective Comparison With Manual Workflow

Impact of Total Laboratory Automation on Turnaround Times for Urine Cultures and Screening Specimens for MRSA, ESBL, and VRE Carriage: Retrospective Comparison With Manual Workflow

Using computerized time-stamps, we compared the turnaround-times (TAT) for urine samples and screening ESwabs of MRSA, VRE, and ESBL carriage in the bacteriology laboratory of Geneva University Hospitals between January and December 2017 (period preceding the implementation of the WASPLabTM) with th...

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Main Authors: Abdessalam Cherkaoui, Gesuele Renzi, Romain Martischang, Stephan Harbarth, Nicolas Vuilleumier, Jacques Schrenzel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Subjects:
turnaround-times
WASPLab
total laboratory automation
reduction of time to report
urine culture
ESBL - extended-spectrum beta-lactamase
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2020.552122/full

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