Factors associated with single-room assignment among patients admitted through the emergency department during influenza epidemics.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Every winter, emergency departments (EDs) face overcrowding with patients presenting influenza-like symptoms, and organisational issues such as single room assignment and droplet precautions to avoid hospital-acquired influenza. Our main objective was to assess the impact of PCR results and patient's severity on single room assignment.

Methods

All patients admitted to Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital through the ED and tested for influenza by PCR (GenXpert, Cepheid) or (FilmArray, BioMérieux) on a nasopharyngeal swab were retrospectively included during three influenza seasons (2015-2018.

Results

Of 1,330 included patients, 278 (20.9%) had a positive PCR for influenza. The median time to obtain a PCR result was 19 hours, and 238 (18.3%) patients were assign

SUBMITTER: Bouzid D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7413401 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature