Rapid respiratory microbiological point-of-care-testing and antibiotic prescribing in primary care: Protocol for the RAPID-TEST randomised controlled trial

• Samantha Elizabeth Abbs ,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: samantha.abbs@bristol.ac.uk

  ¶‡ SEA and LAB are Joint first authors on this work.

  Affiliation Bristol Trials Centre, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9905-2737

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• Lindsay Armstrong-Buisseret ,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ SEA and LAB are Joint first authors on this work.

  Affiliation Bristol Trials Centre, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Kathy Eastwood,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Patient Representative, United Kingdom

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• Stephen Granier,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Whiteladies Medical Group, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Athene Lane,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bristol Trials Centre, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Mandy Lui,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bristol Trials Centre, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4404-2084

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• Chris Metcalfe,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bristol Trials Centre, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8318-8907

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• Paul Mitchell,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Peter Muir,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation UKHSA South West Regional Laboratory, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2697-0892

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• Matthew Ridd,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Academic Primary Care, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Jodi Taylor,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bristol Trials Centre, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Lucy Yardley,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, School of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

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• Grace Young,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bristol Trials Centre, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Alastair D. Hay

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Academic Primary Care, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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