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Editor, Senior Moderator
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
. 2022 Feb 28;1-10.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2022.24. Online ahead of print.
Rapid Molecular SARS-CoV-2 Testing in Hospital Employees with Mild Non-specific Respiratory Symptoms Facilitates Expedient Return to Work
Alyssa Y Castillo[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Allison Zelikoff[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Jeannie D Chan[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP], John B Lynch[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Chloe Bryson-Cahn[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Non-specific respiratory symptoms overlap with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Prompt diagnosis of COVID-19 in hospital employees is crucial to prevent nosocomial transmission. Rapid molecular SARS-CoV-2 testing was performed for 115 symptomatic employees. The case positivity rate was 2.6%. Employees with negative tests returned to work after 80 +/- 28 minutes.
. 2022 Feb 28;1-10.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2022.24. Online ahead of print.
Rapid Molecular SARS-CoV-2 Testing in Hospital Employees with Mild Non-specific Respiratory Symptoms Facilitates Expedient Return to Work
Alyssa Y Castillo[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Allison Zelikoff[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Jeannie D Chan[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP], John B Lynch[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Chloe Bryson-Cahn[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35225185
- DOI: 10.1017/ice.2022.24
Abstract
Non-specific respiratory symptoms overlap with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Prompt diagnosis of COVID-19 in hospital employees is crucial to prevent nosocomial transmission. Rapid molecular SARS-CoV-2 testing was performed for 115 symptomatic employees. The case positivity rate was 2.6%. Employees with negative tests returned to work after 80 +/- 28 minutes.