Table 3.

Median time in hours from collection to first result

	ROST	Standard	p value
ACH	1.41 h (0.847–10.6)	27.7 h (11.7–60.8)	< 0.0001
PLC	1.15 h (0.762–2.82)	29.2 h (19.4–54.7)	< 0.0001

Data are in median (95% confidence intervals). Includes all admissions during the study (emergency department patients and inpatients) and excludes repeat tests on the same individual. Total samples from ACH study: ROST n = 322, standard n = 384. Total samples from PLC study: ROST n = 200, standard n = 222. Statistics performed using Mann–Whitney U test