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Fig. 2 | BMC Health Services Research

Fig. 2

From: Care pathway and prioritization of rapid testing for COVID-19 in UK hospitals: a qualitative evaluation

Fig. 2

The revised patient pathway constructed following consultation with the clinicians. Additional triage points (Indicated as Triage Point 1, 2, and 3) have been included to show stages within the pathway where testing and clinical observations are routinely performed. Additional stages have been added following Triage Point 2 to highlight the limiting factors of real-estate/isolation capacity and the availability of rapid/POC testing. If these factors are limited, the decision to cohort can be based purely on Clinical Suspicion (Centre diamond in Red/Yellow). An additional surgical pathway (shown on the right) has been added to highlight the assumption of SARS-CoV-2 positivity due to the urgency of the admission

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