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Faster answers for respiratory infections

Point-of-care multiplex PCR in the emergency department: a pilot evaluation for the infection and acute medicine teams.

Sample deck · illustrative data

Infection & acute medicine meetingIllustrative data · not real study results

01 · The question

Can a 30-minute test change decisions at the front door?

~24 hto a laboratory PCR result in this example, while the patient waits for a bed decision.

1 in 3side-room beds held for patients who turn out not to need isolation.

2 of 3patients started on antibiotics before the cause of infection is known.

Faster answers for respiratory infectionsIllustrative data · not real study results

02 · Study design

Who took part

1,240adults with respiratory symptoms assessed

380 excluded: did not meet criteria or declined

860eligible

800randomised

400point-of-care PCR

400standard laboratory PCR

392 analysed

389 analysed

CONSORT-style flow diagramIllustrative data · not real study results

03 · Results

Results in under an hour, and fewer unnecessary antibiotics

Median time to result (hours)

Effect on outcomes · risk ratio (95% CI)

Faster answers for respiratory infectionsIllustrative data · not real study results

04 · What it means

Three things for the department to decide

1Faster results freed side rooms sooner, but didn't change admissions on their own.
2The antibiotic effect depended on clinicians seeing the result before prescribing.
3A wider rollout needs a plan for staffing the test outside working hours.

For discussionDo we extend the pilot to the acute medical unit, and who owns the result pathway?

Infection & acute medicine meetingIllustrative data · not real study results

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This is a sample deck made to show design work. Every number, chart and finding in it is illustrative: they are not real study results and must not be quoted or used to inform care.