The detection of influenza virus at the community pharmacy to improve the management of local residents with influenza or influenza-like disease

• Main Authors: Akio Kawachi (Author), Yusuke Sakamoto (Author), Shunya Mouri (Author), Mitsuaki Fukumori (Author), Riku Kawano (Author), Takaya Murakami (Author), Junichiro Sonoda (Author), Keiko Narumi (Author), Yoshihiro Shimodozono (Author), Kenji Etoh (Author), Susumu Chiyotanda (Author), Takashi Furuie (Author), Keizo Sato (Author), Masao Fukumori (Author), Toshiro Motoya (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background As of 2014, community pharmacies in Japan are approved by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to measure lipid panel, HbA1c, glucose, ALT, AST and γ-GTP, but not to screen for influenza virus. We provided influenza virus screening tests at a community pharmacy to triage pe...