When the test moves closer to the patient
On-site rapid testing helped long-term-care teams detect respiratory infections earlier and reduce emergency transfers.
In a Toronto trial, long-term-care homes with on-site rapid testing tested residents more than twice as often and treated influenza earlier. The approach was associated with an 11 per cent lower chance of emergency-department transfer.
The design lesson is simple: bring a useful capability closer to the people who need it, then give the staff enough training to make it part of the ordinary day.
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