COVID-19 Screening for Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary Infectious Diseases Referral Hospital in Manila, the Philippines

COVID-19 is an emerging disease threatening the lives of patients and healthcare workers (HCWs) alike. In this article, we present initial results of COVID-19 screening performed among the hospital staff of an infectious diseases referral hospital in Manila, the Philippines. Of 324 HCWs tested, eigh...

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Autores principales: Villanueva, Annavi Marie G., Lazaro, Jezreel, Sayo, Ana Ria, Myat Han, Su, Ukawa, Tatsuya, Suzuki, Shuichi, Takaya, Saho, Telan, Elizabeth, Solante, Rontgene, Ariyoshi, Koya, Smith, Chris
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Publicado: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7470521/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32729461
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-0715
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author Villanueva, Annavi Marie G.
Lazaro, Jezreel
Sayo, Ana Ria
Myat Han, Su
Ukawa, Tatsuya
Suzuki, Shuichi
Takaya, Saho
Telan, Elizabeth
Solante, Rontgene
Ariyoshi, Koya
Smith, Chris
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Lazaro, Jezreel
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Myat Han, Su
Ukawa, Tatsuya
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description COVID-19 is an emerging disease threatening the lives of patients and healthcare workers (HCWs) alike. In this article, we present initial results of COVID-19 screening performed among the hospital staff of an infectious diseases referral hospital in Manila, the Philippines. Of 324 HCWs tested, eight were positive; only one was exposed to COVID-19 patients, whereas seven others belonged to two different departments. Routine screening of hospital staff is invaluable for the safety of the HCWs and the patients in hospitals and should be performed on a regular basis. In monitoring HCWs, we protect one of our most valuable assets against COVID-19.
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spelling pubmed-74705212020-09-04 COVID-19 Screening for Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary Infectious Diseases Referral Hospital in Manila, the Philippines Villanueva, Annavi Marie G. Lazaro, Jezreel Sayo, Ana Ria Myat Han, Su Ukawa, Tatsuya Suzuki, Shuichi Takaya, Saho Telan, Elizabeth Solante, Rontgene Ariyoshi, Koya Smith, Chris Am J Trop Med Hyg Articles COVID-19 is an emerging disease threatening the lives of patients and healthcare workers (HCWs) alike. In this article, we present initial results of COVID-19 screening performed among the hospital staff of an infectious diseases referral hospital in Manila, the Philippines. Of 324 HCWs tested, eight were positive; only one was exposed to COVID-19 patients, whereas seven others belonged to two different departments. Routine screening of hospital staff is invaluable for the safety of the HCWs and the patients in hospitals and should be performed on a regular basis. In monitoring HCWs, we protect one of our most valuable assets against COVID-19. The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2020-09 2020-07-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7470521/ /pubmed/32729461 http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-0715 Text en © The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Telan, Elizabeth
Solante, Rontgene
Ariyoshi, Koya
Smith, Chris
COVID-19 Screening for Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary Infectious Diseases Referral Hospital in Manila, the Philippines
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7470521/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32729461
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-0715
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