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Article: Exclusion criteria can improve the cost effectiveness of rapid culture methods.
- Article from:
- Respiratory Therapeutics Week
- Article date:
- October 11, 2004
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2004 OCT 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An assessment of the cost-effectiveness of fast tracking bacteriological specimens for mycobacteria has recently been published.
According to a study from England, "A virtual model, using six predetermined criteria for fast tracking tuberculosis specimens was devised to improve the cost effectiveness of the MB/BacT system."
M. Babores and colleagues of the Macclesfield District General Hospital in England described their approach, "All specimens received at a central laboratory were audited for the six criteria over a 6-month period. By assuming that only those specimens fulfilling these criteria were fast ...