Table 2.

Oseltamivir utilization for inpatients

Alberta Children’s Hospital
	ROST	Standard	p value
Percent with oseltamivir prescriptiona
All results	11.6 (7.72–17.1)	24.7 (19.2–31.3)	0.0013
Flu positive	68.2 (47.3–83.6)	76.0 (56.6–88.5)	0.75
Flu negative	3.77 (1.74–7.99)	17.2 (12.2–23.6)	< 0.0001
Mean number of dosesb
All results	4.29 (3.61–4.97)	4.97 (5.02–6.60)	0.15
Flu positive	5.33 (4.54–6.13)	8.79 (7.07–10.5)	0.079
Flu negative	1.67 (1.33–2.00)	3.72 (3.36–4.09)	0.0005
Mean hours from admission to first doseb
All results	14.1 (11.9–16.3)	22.4 (19.4–25.4)	0.029
Flu positive	16.7 (13.9–19.4)	34.4 (28.1–40.6)	0.016
Flu negative	6.65 (4.88–8.40)	10.1 (8.69–11.6)	0.014

Peter Lougheed Centre
	ROST	Standard	p value
Percent with oseltamivir prescriptiona
Any result	24.2 (18.2–31.5)	34.2 (27.7–41.6)	0.054
Flu positive	81.8 (61.5–92.7)	73.1 (53.9–86.3)	0.52
Flu negative	14.9 (9.87–21.9)	27.5 (21.0–35.2)	0.0135
Mean number of dosesb
Any result	5.16 (4.51–5.80)	5.53 (5.12–5.95)	0.63
Flu positive	7.72 (6.73–8.68)	8.47 (7.67–9.28)	0.55
Flu negative	2.85 (2.39–3.32)	4.17 (3.85–4.49)	0.022
Mean hours from admission to first doseb
All results	15.4 (12.5–18.2)	28.4 (19.1–37.8)	0.19
Flu positive	14.6 (10.1–19.2)	22.3 (17.2–27.4)	0.27
Flu negative	16.0 (12.3–19.7)	31.3 (17.8–44.8)	0.28

Data are in proportion(%) (95% CI) or mean (standard error of the mean). ROST= Rapid on-site testing 

Alberta Children's Hospital: All results: ROST n = 181, standard n = 194. Flu positive: ROST n = 22, standard n = 25. RSV positive: ROST n = 40, standard n = 38. Flu and RSV negative: ROST n = 119, standard n = 131

Peter Lougheed Centre: All results: ROST n = 157, standard n = 175. Flu positive: ROST n = 22, standard n = 26. RSV positive: ROST n = 11, standard n = 9. Flu and RSV negative: ROST n = 124, standard n = 140

^aStatistical analysis done using Fisher’s exact test

^bStatistical analysis done using unpaired t-test assuming Gaussian distribution with two-tailed p value