First clinical trial: Azienda Ospedaliera Sant’Andrea, Rome
EMERGENCY
In the first clinical trial performed at the Department of Emergency Medicine at Azienda Ospedaliera Sant’Andrea, Rome, analyses were conducted on urine samples immediately after collection, in parallel with the MBS AST-POCT and the reference culture method for bacterial load assessment, and AST, performed by the hospital clinical microbiology laboratory.During this trial the impact of urine samples freezing on MBS AST-POCT results was also assessed.