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Rapid point-of-care test for BOB体育登录网址_欧宝体育官网平台-APP|下载 in clinical service
Global-NAMRIP member Dr Stephen Poole has been working as part of a group, led by Dr Tristan Clark , to deliver rapid point-of-care testing for BOB体育登录网址_欧宝体育官网平台-APP|下载 for patients admitted to University Hospital BOB体育登录网址_欧宝体育官网平台-APP|下载 during the height of the pandemic.
The team recruited 500 adult patients arriving at the hospital with suspected BOB体育登录网址_欧宝体育官网平台-APP|下载 and tested them shortly after admission using the QiaStat Dx . The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test looks for the presence of genetic material from the BOB体育登录网址_欧宝体育官网平台-APP|下载 virus within the patient sample. By carrying out the test at point-of-care, the team were able to dramatically reduce the time patients had to wait in cohort areas for their results, reducing the chance of a patient contracting BOB体育登录网址_欧宝体育官网平台-APP|下载 at the hospital and improving flow within the hospital.
The test has now transitioned into a clinical service and the findings of the evaluation are available in the following article published in the Lancet Respiratory Medicine.
N.J. Brendish, S. Poole et al., Clinical impact of molecular point-of-care testing for suspected BOB体育登录网址_欧宝体育官网平台-APP|下载 in hospital: A prospective, interventional, non-randomised, controlled study (COV-19POC), Lancet Resp Med.
The study has also featured in the BBC News article “ Coronavirus: Rapid bedside test shows promise in hospitals "
Team members
Tristan W. Clark a,b,c,d , Nathan J Brendish a,b , Stephen Poole a,b,c , Vasanth V. Naidu b , Christopher Mansbridge b , Nicholas Norton b , Helen Wheeler c , Laura Presland c , Gavin Babbage, Florina Borca, Hang Phang, Benoit Visseaux and Sean Ewings e
a School of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of BOB体育登录网址_欧宝体育官网平台-APP|下载
b Department of Infection, University Hospital BOB体育登录网址_欧宝体育官网平台-APP|下载 NHS Foundation Trust
c NIHR BOB体育登录网址_欧宝体育官网平台-APP|下载 Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital BOB体育登录网址_欧宝体育官网平台-APP|下载 NHS Foundation Trust
d NIHR Post Doctoral Fellowship Programme, UK
e BOB体育登录网址_欧宝体育官网平台-APP|下载 Clinical Trials Unit, University of BOB体育登录网址_欧宝体育官网平台-APP|下载