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Project

Community acquired acute respiratory tract infection (CA-ARTI) in community care in Europe: point prevalence audit study (PPAS) of presentation and management.

Background: This PPAS study is part of a larger project called Value-Dx -the value of diagnostics to combat antimicrobial resistance by optimising antibiotic use- and makes up part of the clinical Work Package Four (WP4). The aim of Value-Dx is to transform clinical practice, improve patient outcomes, and combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR), through the widespread use of clinical and cost-effective innovative diagnostics strategies to achieve more personalised, evidence-based antibiotic prescription and use in community care settings. Study Design: This anonymous cross sectional clinical audit study will run over a 2 to 8-week period from January to March 2020 in approximately 20 European countries. Researchers will collect information from a range of health care settings where antibiotics are prescribed for patients who have respiratory infectionsStudy Participants: People over the age of one-year consulting with community acquired acute respiratory tract infection (CA-ARTI) in community care with participating clinicians in participating countries.Objective: To generate a description of the presentation and management of patients with CA-ARTI by community based care prescribers (CBCP), by benchmarking current practice in approximately 20 European Countries.
Date:5 Nov 2019 →  31 Dec 2020
Keywords:INFECTIONS
Disciplines:General diagnostics, Respiratory medicine, Primary health care
Project type:Service project