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Impact of Changes in Clinical Microbiology Laboratory Location and Ownership on the Practice of Infectious Diseases

Published:2020-04-23 Issue:5 Volume:58 Page:
ISSN:0095-1137
Container-title:Journal of Clinical Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:J Clin Microbiol

Author:

Pentella Michael¹,Weinstein Melvin P.²,Beekmann Susan E.³^ORCID,Polgreen Philip M.³,Ellison Richard T.⁴

Affiliation:

1. College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA

2. Departments of Medicine and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

3. Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA

4. Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Abstract

The number of onsite clinical microbiology laboratories in hospitals is decreasing, likely related to the business model for laboratory consolidation and labor shortages, and this impacts a variety of clinical practices, including that of banking isolates for clinical or epidemiologic purposes. To determine the impact of these trends, infectious disease (ID) physicians were surveyed regarding their perceptions of offsite services. Clinical microbiology practices for retention of clinical isolates for future use were also determined.

Funder

HHS | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Microbiology (medical)

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/JCM.01508-19

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