FOI Request
- Disclosure ID
- FOI 02598
- Request Date
- July 30, 2018
- Subject
- Point Of Care Tests For Bacteria
- Description
Under the Freedom of Information Act, please could you provide answers to the following?
1. Do you routinely carry out point of care tests for bacterial and viral infections?
2. In what scenarios do you use point of care testing?
3. What is the average length of time taken for results of point of care tests for bacterial and viral infections to be delivered?
4. Which bacterial or viral infections do you test for specifically? a) MRSA, b) C.diff, c) E.coli, d) CPE, e) any others?
- Response
1. No
2. N/A
3. N/A
4. None at present but we are hoping to introduce point of care testing for Clostridium difficile and Influenza in the near future.