ArticleInternational journal of clinical practice2022
Timeliness of Microbiology Test Result Reporting and Association with Outcomes of Adults Hospitalised with Unspecified Pneumonia: A Data Linkage Study.
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- Rapid, season-specific PCR testing versus traditional diagnostics for pneumonia in the emergency department.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2025Article
- Benefit analysis of the auto-verification system of intelligent inspection for microorganisms.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: Pneumonia is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Microbiology tests play a critical role in the diagnosis of pneumonia. Our study aimed to determine microbiology result reporting times and evaluate their association with outcomes of adult patients (≥18 years) hospitalised with pneumonia. Methods: This is a 3-year (2016-2018) retrospective cohort study in six hospitals in New South Wales, Australia. The study data were obtained by linking hospital and laboratory system databases. Result reporting times including time from admission to the first and the last microbiology test results were determined. The outcome measures were hospital length of stay (LOS) and in-hospital mortality. We fit median and logistic regression to evaluate the association of time-to-first microbiological result with hospital LOS and in-hospital mortality, respectively. Results: A total of 6,298 patients met the inclusion criteria. Of these, 85.3% ( Conclusion: Time-to-first microbiology result reporting was significantly associated with hospital LOS but not with in-hospital mortality. Further research should be conducted to understand if improving result reporting times can reduce the length of hospital stay of patients.
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