Procalcitonin Test Availability: A Survey of Acute Care Hospitals in Massachusetts

• Published in: Annals of the American Thoracic Society Vol. 14; no. 9; pp. 1489 - 1491
• Main Authors: Fisher, Kimberly A, Landyn, Valentina, Lindenauer, Peter K, Walkey, Allan J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Thoracic Society 01.09.2017
• Subjects: Algorithms; Antibiotics; Bacterial infections; Clinical decision making; Clinical medicine; Clinical trials; Cost control; Decision making; Hospitals; Infections; Intensive care; Laboratories; Letters; Onsite; Sepsis; Studies; Massachusetts

To impact clinical decision-making and shorten antibiotic duration, the results of PCT testing must be rapidly available. [...]one possible explanation for failure to translate trial results into clinical practice is that PCT test results may not be as rapidly available in routine clinical practice...