Hospital to offer test that cuts wait for identifying secondary infection in COVID-19 patients

摘要

COVID-19 patients with secondary infections could get the right antibiotics more quickly, following the roll out of a rapid 24-hour test at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust during winter 2021. The new clinical service was implemented after researchers at the trust evaluated the rapid test between 11 April and 15 June 2020 using respiratory samples from 34 COVID-19 patients with secondary infections across seven of the trust’s intensive care units (ICUs).