Impact of the BioFire FilmArray gastrointestinal panel on patient care and infection control.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:Conventional routine PCR testing for gastrointestinal infections is generally based on pathogen related panels specifically requested by clinicians and can be erroneous and time consuming. The BioFire FilmArray gastrointestinal (GI) panel combines 22 pathogens into a single cartridge-based test on a random-access system, thereby reducing the turnaround time to less than 2 hours. We described the clinical impact of implementing the BioFire FilmArray on patients with gastroenteritis in our hospital. METHODS:Patients attending a Dutch tertiary care center (Radboud University Medical Center), from whom stool samples were obtained, were eligible for inclusion. The clinicians selected one or a combination of different routinely performed PCR panels (bacterial panel, viral panel, clost

SUBMITTER: Machiels JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7004333 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature