The 15-minute test that tells a GP if you need antibiotics: Check could slash the number of unnecessary prescriptions by 80%

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A 15-minute blood test could slash the number of unnecessary antibiotics given to patients by 80 per cent.

Doctors in England are already trialling the £12 finger-prick test, which tells a GP whether a patient truly needs antibiotics for a chest complaint.

The test, called FebriDx, changed a GP’s decision in 48 per cent of cases, a pilot study published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases & Preventive Medicine found.

1c75c7e30ca0d4bf660b42cfdb168011 The 15-minute test that tells a GP if you need antibiotics: Check could slash the number of unnecessary prescriptions by 80%

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