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Considerations for Pooled Testing of Employees for SARS-CoV-2

To identify important background information on pooled tested of employees that employers workers, and health authorities should consider. METHODS: This paper is a commentary based on the review by the authors of pertinent literature generally from preprints in medrixiv.org prior to August 2020. RES...

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Autores principales: Schulte, Paul A., Weissman, David N., Luckhaupt, Sara E., de Perio, Marie A., Beezhold, Don, Piacentino, John D., Radonovich, Lewis J., Hearl, Frank J., Howard, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7773162/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33378322
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000002049
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Sumario:To identify important background information on pooled tested of employees that employers workers, and health authorities should consider. METHODS: This paper is a commentary based on the review by the authors of pertinent literature generally from preprints in medrixiv.org prior to August 2020. RESULTS/CONCLUSIONS: Pooled testing may be particularly useful to employers in communities with low prevalence of COVID-19. It can be used to reduce the number of tests and associated financial costs. For effective and efficient pooled testing employers should consider it as part of a broader, more comprehensive workplace COVID-19 prevention and control program. Pooled testing of asymptomatic employees can prevent transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and help assure employers and customers that employees are not infectious.