Impact of a Transition from Respiratory Virus Shell Vial to Multiplex PCR on Clinical Outcomes and Cost in Hospitalized Children

• Main Authors: Pui-Ying Iroh Tam (Author), Lei Zhang (Author), Zohara Cohen (Author)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: MDPI AG, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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While respiratory virus PCR panel (RVPP) is more expensive than shell vial (SV) cell culture, it has been shown to reduce unnecessary diagnostic procedures, decrease the inappropriate use of antimicrobials, and shorten the hospital length of stay (LOS). We therefore hypothesized that, for hospitaliz...