Dear Maresah,
Protocol sent on as requested. There is lots of good evidence to show that
the sticks are very sensitive and specific. I would like to get to the next
stage, which is to show that using them provides clinical and cost
benefits. Ideally looking for practices which have not yet started stick
testing.
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We reduced our MSU rate by about 47% when we looked at this a year or so
ago
Iain
Dr I S Kewley
GP in Ormskirk, Lancs
Healthcare Sysop UKPROF forum CompuServe
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Which is in the same ball park I suspect within confidence limits.
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> From: Haines <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Urine testing
> Date: Thursday 5 December 1996 07:38
>
> Hi Paul,
> We ran a mini audit on 100 patients with msu samples and found the
> multistix to be a fairly accurate measure.However we have not progressed
> to the protocol stage yet. Do you have a sample protocol we could look
> at? Thanks.I believe the Nightingale Surgery at Romsey,Hampshire have
> also done a similar audit. You could also try your nearest MAAG office.
>
> Maresah Haines - practice nurse, southampton
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