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Prospective Review of Testing Indications to Inform Local Laboratory Stewardship Initiatives

Overview
Journal Infect Prev Pract
Specialty Infectious Diseases
Date 2021 Aug 9
PMID 34368678
Citations 1
Authors
Noah Reich
Michael Payne
Azra Sharma
Sylvie Champagne
Marc G Romney
Michelle Hinch
Victor Leung
Christopher F Lowe
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Abstract

We conducted a prospective chart review to determine the prevalence of and reasons for inappropriate test-ordering at a tertiary care hospital. Inappropriate orders accounted for 54% of all tests. The two primary aetiologies of inappropriate test-ordering were an alternative reason for diarrhoea (34%) and an asymptomatic patient (20%). These results highlight the need to focus diagnostic stewardship of testing on pre-analytical factors.

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