Defining System Requirements for Simplified Blood Culture to Enable Widespread Use in Resource-Limited Settings.

ABSTRACT: Bacterial blood stream infections (BSI) are a common cause of mortality and morbidity globally. As the causative agents and the resulting treatment decisions vary, near-patient testing and surveillance tools are necessary to monitor bacterial causes and resistance to antimicrobial agents. The gold standard to identify BSIs is blood culture (BC), a methodology not widely available in resource-limited settings. The aim of the study was to map out a target product profile of a simplified BC system (SBCS) to inform product development efforts. To identify the desired characteristics of a SBCS, we enlisted a small group of specialists working in Africa and Asia. Questions were used to understand challenges and how these constraints inform system requirements. The specialists were infectious dis

SUBMITTER: Dailey PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6468589 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature