Revolutionizing clinical microbiology laboratory organization in hospitals with in situ point-of-care.

BACKGROUND: Clinical microbiology may direct decisions regarding hospitalization, isolation and anti-infective therapy, but it is not effective at the time of early care. Point-of-care (POC) tests have been developed for this purpose. METHODS AND FINDINGS: One pilot POC-lab was located close to the...

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Main Authors: Stéphan Cohen-Bacrie, Laetitia Ninove, Antoine Nougairède, Rémi Charrel, Hervé Richet, Philippe Minodier, Sékéné Badiaga, Guilhem Noël, Bernard La Scola, Xavier de Lamballerie, Michel Drancourt, Didier Raoult
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3139639?pdf=render