Aims Availability of respiratory polymerase chain reaction (PCR) result within 3 hours of the
decision to do test and within 1 hour of sample collection to enable timely decision making …

Introduction: Rapid diagnosis and treatment of seasonal respiratory viral illnesses is
imperative to reduce mortality and avert hospital outbreaks of influenza by faster isolation …

A point-of-care (POC) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test quickly detected influenza and
improved care among patients hospitalized at 2 UK centers between December 2017 and …

Background: Due to poor sensitivity, the FDA mandated that rapid influenza antigen (IAT)
must be phased out by 2018. At our institution, an on-site rapid influenza PCR (PCR) was …

Background Seasonal influenza is a burden for emergency departments (ED). The aim of
this study was to investigate whether point‐of‐care (POC) PCR testing can be used to …

Background Influenza prevention and control is a major task for hospitals and long-term care
facilities. Respiratory viral panel (RVP) using Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from a …

There are various point-of-care (POC) tests available that allow the diagnosis of influenza
within circa 30 minutes. POC tests that utilise antigen detection are user-friendly, but do …

An influenza epidemic can greatly increase the workload in primary care and the emergency
department (ED) and can even disrupt the healthcare system. It is difficult to diagnose …

Seasonal influenza virus causes significant morbidity and mortality each year. Point-of-care
(POC) testing using rapid influenza diagnostic tests (RIDTs), immunoassays that detect viral …

Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) are a major reason for emergency department (ED) visits
each year. Multiplex PCR respiratory panels aid in accurate, timely, and cost-effective …