Justification for 24/7 clinical microbiology services

Autor: Antonio Rivero, José Ramón Paño, David Navarro, Luis Martínez-Martínez, Rafael Cantón, María Tomás, Manuel Crespo, Nieves Larrosa, Juan Carlos Rodríguez, Julio Rodríguez, Jordi Vila, Fran Franco Álvarez de Luna, Juliá González, Germán Bou, Miguel Ángel Goenaga, Juan González-García, Esther Calbo
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica. 40:1-4
ISSN: 0213-005X
Popis: In the last decades, microbiology laboratories have undergone unprecedented technological changes which have revolutionized the diagnosis of infectious diseases. They have last generation technology which allows precise, rapid and effective diagnosis of a wide range of infectious diseases, while also providing valuable information on the antibiotic sensitivity/resistance of the causal microorganism, thereby notably reducing the morbidity and mortality of the patients and at the same time improving in-hospital patient management. Several studies have shown that with the increase in the use of rapid diagnostic techniques this technological advancement has a greater impact when accessibility to the microbiology laboratory is possible beyond the usual 7 h workday. This document discusses the need for clinical microbiology services to work 24 h a day, 7 days a week (24/7).
Databáze: OpenAIRE