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03 de diciembre de 2024
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Point-of-care PCR Testing in the Emergency Department Allows for Faster Decision Making in Halle (Saale), Germany
Los resultados de PCR bajo demanda tienen un impacto positivo en el triaje de pacientes
El servicio de urgencias del Hospital Martha-Maria Halle-Dölau a menudo tenía que esperar 8 horas (o hasta 24 horas los fines de semana) para obtener resultados de PCR para infecciones por virus respiratorios y Staphylococcus aureus resistente a la meticilina (SARM). The long wait times directly impacted patient and resource management, leading to unnecessary patient isolation or increased efforts in operating room management. Al implementar el sistema GeneXpert®, el equipo de urgencias puede obtener resultados en cuestión de minutos en lugar de horas para diagnosticar, aislar y tratar a los pacientes de urgencias de acuerdo con sus resultados de PCR a demanda.
Martha-Maria Halle-Dölau Hospital emergency department often had to wait 8 hours or up to 24 hours on weekends for PCR results because of working with an external microbiology lab for respiratory and MRSA testing. Until the results became available, patients were considered positive, and pre-emptive safety measures such as patient isolation were required. In the case of emergency surgery, additional surgical theatre equipment and cleanings were required which consequently blocked the theatre longer and impacted the entire operating room management.
The emergency department of the Martha-Maria Halle-Dölau Hospital needed to have the results of urgent respiratory and MRSA samples more quickly to allow for fast decision-making on patient isolation measures of admitted patients with respiratory symptoms and informed operation planning of emergency surgery patients.
By implementing fast respiratory and MRSA PCR testing using the GeneXpert® system directly in the emergency department, the ED team of the Martha-Maria Halle-Dölau Hospital now has access to on-demand, lab-quality PCR results 24/7.
Following the hospital protocol, emergency patients who are presenting respiratory symptoms, and emergency surgery patients, are tested by trained users at the point of care. This positively impacts the time needed for diagnosis and patient triage and ultimately the resource utilization in the ED and on the wards.
Emergency patients requiring surgery are now tested directly in the ED for MRSA and COVID-19. Having patient PCR results available before entering the surgical theater allows for safe operational management and effective resource utilization by avoiding additional protection gear or theatre cleanings for negative tested patients.
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