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Diagnostic stewardship – Optimisation of superficial wound swab cultures can reduce the environmental impact of the microbiology laboratory

2025-01-08

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<h4>Introduction: </h4> Optimisation of diagnostic testing is essential for the sustainable delivery of laboratory services. To date, little consideration has been given to the potential benefits of diagnostic stewardship to laboratories looking to reduce their environmental footprint. Hypothesis Implementing a pre-analytical diagnostic stewardship intervention for the testing of superficial wound swabs would resu...

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DOI: 10.1099/acmi.0.000977.v1

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