Table 4 Reasons for serial monitoring plasma CMV viral load ordered in intervals of less than five days
From: Diagnostic stewardship to limit repeat plasma cytomegalovirus viral load testing
|  | Number of CMV viral load orders in intervals < 5 days (N = 173) |
|---|---|
Unintentional prescription | 58 (33.5%) |
Intentional prescription | 115 (66.5%) |
 Determine the difference between laboratory assay | 2 (1.7%) |
 Pre-bronchoscopy evaluation | 3 (2.6%) |
 Request in HSCT recipients | 73 (63.5%) |
 Physicians concern about CMV DNAemia | 37 (32.2%) |
  Lymphoma patients | 23 (59.0%) |
  Critically ill patients | 6 (15.4%) |
  Acute leukemia patients | 6 (15.4%) |
  Patients with autoimmune disease | 1 (2.6%) |
  COVID-19 patients | 1 (2.6%) |