Breathe Easy: The Power of Timely Testing in Respiratory Care

Optimize Your Testing Programs Ahead of Peak Season

Respiratory season presents a recurring challenge for healthcare providers, with SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and RSV often circulating simultaneously. During periods of high patient volume and overlapping symptoms, it becomes increasingly difficult to differentiate between infections based on clinical presentation alone. Delays in diagnosis can lead to missed treatment windows, extended transmission, and added pressure on healthcare systems.

These diagnostic delays can have serious consequences for healthcare professionals, including operational strain, inefficient testing workflows, and inconsistent care delivery. For patients, it can mean delayed treatments or inappropriate therapies.

This webinar will provide strategies for addressing these challenges using rapid antigen testing, particularly within the early symptomatic window. It will also focus on the clinical utility of timely diagnostics, real-world implementation examples, and how rapid testing can drive both improved patient care and operational efficiency.

Learning Objectives

This webinar will help you:

• Explain the clinical importance of early testing for SARS-CoV-2 and influenza
• Evaluate the role of rapid antigen testing within diverse care settings
• Differentiate between molecular and antigen testing options based on clinical need
• Apply real-world insights from expert-led case examples and implementation strategies

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For research use only. Not for diagnostic procedures.

Fisher Healthcare is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.™ Program. One P.A.C.E.™ credit-hour will be provided for this complimentary basic level program.

Paul K Drain, MD, MPH

Dr. Paul Drain is an associate professor in the Departments of Global Health, Medicine (infectious diseases), and Epidemiology at the University of Washington and a practicing infectious disease physician at Harborview Medical Center at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle. His research group focuses on development, evaluation, and implementation of diagnostic testing and clinic-based screening, including novel point-of-care technologies, to improve clinical care and patient-centered outcomes.