https://www.selleckchem.com/products/ch6953755.html 6%) tested positive. During the intervention period, staff sick days were reduced by 34.4% (P=.023). Significantly, more patients in the intervention group received antiviral therapy with neuraminidase inhibitors (7.2% vs 3.8%, P=.028) and tested patients received antibiotics more frequently (40.0% vs 31.6%, P=.033). Patients with POC test were transferred to external hospitals significantly more often (5.6% vs 1.3%, P=.01). We conclude that POC testing for influenza is useful in the ED, especially if it is heavily frequented by patients with respiratory symptoms. We conclude that POC testing for influenza is useful in the ED, especially if it is heavily frequented by patients with respiratory symptoms. The effectiveness of preverbal orthoptic tests at age 6, 9, 14 and 24months in population-wide screening was assessed. Two consecutive birth cohorts at 134 centres were compared. At general health screening visits, children born July-December 2011 were vision screened four times between 6 and 24months with inspection, pupillary reflexes, eye motility, Hirschberg, cover test and monocular pursuit. Children born January-June 2012 were vision screened at general screening visits only in case of visually apparent abnormalities or positive family history. After referral, cause and severity of amblyopia were determined. Visual acuity was measured in all children at 36 and 45months. The control and intervention group comprised 5649 versus 5162 children. Amblyopia was diagnosed in 185 (3.3%) versus 159 children (3.1%), outside of screening in 21 (11.4%) versus 25 (15.7%). Between 6 and 24months, 44 (23.8%) versus 27 (17%) (RR=0.67 [95% CI 0.42, 1.09]) were referred and after visual acuity (VA) measurement 120 (64.9%) versus 107 (67.3%). Of 109 versus 108 children with refractive or bilateral amblyopia, 94 (86.2%) versus 92 (85.2%) were detected with VA measurements. Visual acuity of the amblyopic eye, after referral, was no