Universal Admission Screening for SARS-CoV-2 Infections among Hospitalized Patients, Switzerland, 2020

Switzerland began a national lockdown on March 16, 2020, in response to the rapid spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We assessed the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection among patients admitted to 4 hospitals in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, in April 2020. The...

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Autores principales: Scheier, Thomas, Schibli, Adrian, Eich, Geri, Rüegg, Christian, Kube, Frank, Schmid, Adrian, Karrer, Urs, Wolfensberger, Aline, Sax, Hugo, Schreiber, Peter W.
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7853575/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33395382
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2702.202318
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author Scheier, Thomas
Schibli, Adrian
Eich, Geri
Rüegg, Christian
Kube, Frank
Schmid, Adrian
Karrer, Urs
Wolfensberger, Aline
Sax, Hugo
Schreiber, Peter W.
author_facet Scheier, Thomas
Schibli, Adrian
Eich, Geri
Rüegg, Christian
Kube, Frank
Schmid, Adrian
Karrer, Urs
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description Switzerland began a national lockdown on March 16, 2020, in response to the rapid spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We assessed the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection among patients admitted to 4 hospitals in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, in April 2020. These 4 acute care hospitals screened 2,807 patients, including 2,278 (81.2%) who did not have symptoms of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Overall, 529 (18.8%) persons had >1 symptom of COVID-19, of whom 60 (11.3%) tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. Eight asymptomatic persons (0.4%) also tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. Our findings indicate that screening on the basis of COVID-19 symptoms, regardless of clinical suspicion, can identify most SARS-CoV-2–positive persons in a low-prevalence setting.
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spelling pubmed-78535752021-02-09 Universal Admission Screening for SARS-CoV-2 Infections among Hospitalized Patients, Switzerland, 2020 Scheier, Thomas Schibli, Adrian Eich, Geri Rüegg, Christian Kube, Frank Schmid, Adrian Karrer, Urs Wolfensberger, Aline Sax, Hugo Schreiber, Peter W. Emerg Infect Dis Research Switzerland began a national lockdown on March 16, 2020, in response to the rapid spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We assessed the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection among patients admitted to 4 hospitals in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, in April 2020. These 4 acute care hospitals screened 2,807 patients, including 2,278 (81.2%) who did not have symptoms of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Overall, 529 (18.8%) persons had >1 symptom of COVID-19, of whom 60 (11.3%) tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. Eight asymptomatic persons (0.4%) also tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. Our findings indicate that screening on the basis of COVID-19 symptoms, regardless of clinical suspicion, can identify most SARS-CoV-2–positive persons in a low-prevalence setting. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7853575/ /pubmed/33395382 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2702.202318 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Karrer, Urs
Wolfensberger, Aline
Sax, Hugo
Schreiber, Peter W.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2702.202318
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