Timeliness of Microbiology Test Result Reporting and Association with Outcomes of Adults Hospitalised with Unspecified Pneumonia: A Data Linkage Study

Figure 1

Time from admission to the first (a) and the last (b) microbiology results. (a) Quartile range of time from hospital admission to the first microbiology test result (TAT) with hospitals. Range, upper and lower quartile (box), and mean (+) and median (solid line). (b) Quartile range of time from hospital admission to the last microbiology test result (TAT) with hospitals. Range, upper and lower quartile (box), and mean (+) and median (solid line).

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