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. 2012 Jan;39(1):46-8.
doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318231cd4a.

Cost savings and increased efficiency using a stratified specimen pooling strategy for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Joanna Lynn Lewis  1 , Vivian Marie Lockary, Sadika Kobic
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Cost savings and increased efficiency using a stratified specimen pooling strategy for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Joanna Lynn Lewis et al. Sex Transm Dis. 2012 Jan.

Abstract

Idaho Chlamydia trachomatis-Neisseria gonorrhoeae specimens from July 2009 were pooled by stratified specimen pooling, an approach that removes high-risk specimens from the pooling population and pools low-risk specimens to maximize pooling efficiency. This approach reduced pool positivity rates by 8%, repeated tests by 9%, and saved 47.4% in direct costs.

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