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Cases > Life Science Page > 60 Case 32 Does faster and better diagnosis increase productivity at Copenhagen University Hospital A research project aims to reduce the length of hospitalisation for patients with infections by introducing faster and better diagnostics based on molecular methods as a supplement to the traditional cultivation-based method. Infections are costly to society and often require long-term hospitalisation, which is labour-intensive for the health sector. Old people are particularly susceptible to infectious diseases, and in step with the ageing population, the number of hospitalisations due to bacterial infections must be expected to increase. This will also mean more resource consumption in the heath sector. Every year, about 250,000 people are hospitalised for infectious diseases – and the average hospital stay is five days. Today, bacteria cultivation is the most common method of diagnosing bacterial infections. This process takes several days and may be difficult to carry out if the patient is receiving antibiotics. The sooner the bacteria causing the infection can be identified, the better. Because the sooner bacteria are identified, the sooner patients can receive more targeted treatment with the right antibiotics. This potentially reduces the length of hospitalisation. Shorter hospital stays benefit the patient and free up resources and hospital beds. Diagnosis after only seven hours Copenhagen University Hospital and the Danish Technological Institute are conducting a project to study the labour-saving potential of using the new diagnosis methods. The aim is to validate the results and subsequently disseminate the techniques to the national hospital service. - The most recent project results indicate that in blood poisoning cases we can reduce the average time to final diagnosis from fifty to six hours. Even though, clinical factors have prevented the reduced diagnosis time from resulting in shorter hospitalisation at Copenhagen University Hospital, we now know that molecular-biological methods are an excellent diagnostic tool, says Dr. Claus Moser, MD at the Department of Clinical Microbiology, Copenhagen University Hospital, adding: We expect that swift microbiological diagnostics of a number of other infections will result in shorter hospital stays in cases where tablet treatment can replace the non-biological treatment. Claus Moser emphasises that some of the techniques have already been applied at Copenhagen University Hospital, whereas other techniques will be ready for use in about a year, and that other hospitals can also implement the techniques. The new molecular methods are being developed at the Danish Technological Institute, Aalborg University and Copenhagen University Hospital in close cooperation between the partners. The project is funded by the Danish Public Welfare Technology Foundation with EUR 1.5 million.
Cases > Life Science 88% Does faster and better diagnosis increase productivity at Copenhagen University Hospital Will faster diagnoses mean shorter hospital stays New research results show that patients with blood poisoning may receive an answer on the same day instead of waiting two days. The average time to final diagnosis goes down by 88% if molecular-biological methods are used as a supplement to traditional cultivationbased methods.
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