Impact of a PCR point of care test for influenza A/B on an acute medical unit in a large UK teaching hospital: results of an observational, pre and post intervention study

Table 1 Length of stay data in period 1 (2016/17) and period 2 (2017/18) from patients admitted to QEHB with influenza-like illness. All patients with confirmed influenza in periods 1 and 2 fell within these admission coding descriptions

Group	Period	Year	Number of patients	Median LoS (days)	Median LoS (hours)
A - LRTI and Influenza	1	2016/17	10	9.01	216.18
B - Influenza	1	2016/17	49	8.61	206.75
C - LRTI and Influenza	2	2017/18	24	5.16	123.83
D - Influenza	2	2017/18	642	3.75	89.94

Key: LRTI, lower respiratory tract infections; LoS, length of stay
Note: All admission and discharge dates were retrieved from the electronic admission records system by the hospital informatics service. All patients with influenza during period 1 and 2 fell into the admission coding LRTI and Influenza or Influenza alone

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