Improving Turnaround Time of Molecular Diagnosis of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus in a Hospital in Saudi Arabia
| dc.contributor.author | Rabaan, Ali A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A. | |
| dc.contributor.department | Medicine, School of Medicine | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-07-15T13:59:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-07-15T13:59:51Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-09-03 | |
| dc.description | This article is made available for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or be any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: There have been 2562 laboratory-confirmed cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in 27 countries, with a case fatality rate of 34.5%. Data on the turnaround time (TAT) are lacking. We report TAT for MERS-CoV samples over time. Methods: This is a monocentric study and the TAT for the reporting of 2664 MERS-CoV polymerase chain reaction (PCR) results were calculated in hours from the time of the receipt of respiratory samples to the reporting of the results. Results: The mean TAT±standard deviation was significantly lower in 2018 compared with previous years (19.25±13.8). The percentage of samples processed within 24 h increased from 42.3% to 73.8% in 2015 and 2018, respectively (p<0.0001). The mean TAT was 19.2 h in 2018 and was significantly lower than previous years. Conclusions: The TAT for the MERS-CoV results decreased during the study period. Timely reporting of MERS-CoV PCR results may aid in further enhancing infection control measures. | en_US |
| dc.eprint.version | Final published version | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Rabaan AA, Al-Tawfiq JA. Improving turnaround time of molecular diagnosis of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in a hospital in Saudi Arabia. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2021;115(9):1000-1003. doi:10.1093/trstmh/trab014 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1805/29579 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Oxford University Press | en_US |
| dc.relation.isversionof | 10.1093/trstmh/trab014 | en_US |
| dc.relation.journal | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene | en_US |
| dc.rights | Public Health Emergency | en_US |
| dc.source | PMC | en_US |
| dc.subject | Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus | en_US |
| dc.subject | MERS-CoV | en_US |
| dc.subject | Turnaround time | en_US |
| dc.title | Improving Turnaround Time of Molecular Diagnosis of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus in a Hospital in Saudi Arabia | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |