Performance of a nurse-led paediatric point of care service for respiratory syncytial virus testing in secondary care

Journal of Infection

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-58

  Khanom, Aysha Begum ^a   Velvin, Charlotte ^a   Hawrami, Khidir ^b   Schutten, Martin ^c   Patel, Mauli ^a   Holmes, Michael V ^d   Atkinson, Claire ^a   Breuer, Judith ^e   FitzSimons, John ^d   Geretti, Anna Maria ^a,e  

^a ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Paediatric; Point of care testing; Real time RT PCR; Respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NURSING COMPETENCE; PEDIATRIC WARD; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY CONTROL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS LOAD;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; MALE; PEDIATRIC NURSING; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78751650201     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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