In-pharmacy administration of Streptococcus pyogenes point-of-care testing: data from New Zealand and Portugal

• At: Virtual 2020 (2020)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: POS-CPS-027
• By: SHEPHARD, Adrian (RB, Health, United Kingdom)
• Co-author(s): Adrian Shephard: , Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare Ltd., Slough, United Kingdom
  Joy Fung: , RB New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand
  Rita Cordeiro Pires: , RB Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal
  
• Abstract:

  Background

  Sore throat is a common, predominantly viral condition and patients often receive inappropriate antibiotics due to a variety of factors, including diagnostic uncertainty. Such inappropriate usage contributes to antibiotic resistance.

  Purpose

  This small-scale study evaluated the administration of point-of-care diagnostic swab tests for
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