Research project

Evaluating the impact of a molecular point-of-care test and treat strategy for influenza in hospitalised adults

Lead researcher:

Professor Tristan Clark
Other researchers:

Dr Sean Ewings,

Professor Joanne Lord
Research funder:

National Institute of Health and Care Research
Status:

Not active

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Tristan Clark

Professor of Infectious Diseases

Connect with Tristan

Email: T.W.Clark@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Dr Sean Ewings

Associate Professor Head of Statistics

Connect with Sean

Email: sean.ewings@soton.ac.uk

Professor Joanne Lord

Director of SHTAC

Research interests

Health economics
Cost-effectiveness analysis
Decision modelling

Connect with Joanne

Email: J.Lord@soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

Pragmatic multicentre randomised controlled trial evaluating the impact of a routine molecular Point-of-Care ‘test-and-treat’ strategy for influenza in adults hospitalised with acute respiratory illness (FluPOC): trial protocol

Kate Beard, Nathan Brendish, Ahalya K Malachira, Samuel Mills, Cathleen Chan , Stephen Poole & Tristan Clark, 2019, BMJ Open, 9(12)

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031674

Type: article

Feasibility of Point-of-Care testing for influenza within a national primary care sentinel surveillance network in England: protocol for a mixed methods study

Tristan Clark, Simon de Lusignan, Uy Hoang, Harshana Liyanage, Ivelina Yonova, Filipa Ferreira & Javier Diez-Domingo, 2019, JMIR Research Protocols, 8(11)

DOI: 10.2196/14186

Type: article

Impact of point-of-care testing for respiratory viruses on antibiotic use in adults with exacerbation of airways disease

Nathan Brendish, Samuel Mills, Sean Ewings & Tristan Clark, 2019, Journal of Infection, 79(4), 357-362

DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2019.06.010

Type: article

Hospitalised adults with pneumonia are frequently misclassified as another diagnosis

Nathan Brendish, Ahalya Malachira, Kate Beard, Lawrence Armstrong, Patrick J. Lillie & Tristan Clark, 2019, Respiratory Medicine, 150, 81-84

DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2019.02.013

Type: article

Molecular point-of-care testing for influenza to improve early neuraminidase inhibitor treatment and outcomes in hospitalised adults

Nathan Brendish & Tristan W. Clark, 2018, Clinical Infectious Diseases, 68(12), 2154-2155

DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciy1042

Type: letterEditorial