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Development of a web-based contact tracing and point-of-care-testing workflow for SARS-CoV-2 at a German University Hospital
INTRODUCTION: In late 2019, a novel coronavirus was detected in China. Supported by its respiratory transmissibility, even by people infected without symptomatic disease, this coronavirus soon began to rapidly spread worldwide. BACKGROUND: Many countries have implemented different infection control...
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author | Zirbes, Julian Sterr, Christian M. Steller, Marcus Dapper, Laura Nonnenmacher-Winter, Claudia Günther, Frank |
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description | INTRODUCTION: In late 2019, a novel coronavirus was detected in China. Supported by its respiratory transmissibility, even by people infected without symptomatic disease, this coronavirus soon began to rapidly spread worldwide. BACKGROUND: Many countries have implemented different infection control and containment strategies due to ongoing community transmission. In this context, contact tracing as well as adequate testing and consequent quarantining of high-risk contacts play leading roles in containing the virus by interrupting infection chains. This approach is especially important in the hospital setting where contacts often cannot be avoided and physical distance is usually not possible. Furthermore, health care workers (HCWs) usually have contact with a variety of vulnerable people, making it essential to identify infections among hospital employees as soon as possible to interrupt the rapid spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the facility. Several electronic tools for contact tracing, such as specific software or mobile phone apps, are available for the public health sector. In contrast, contact tracing in hospitals often has to be carried out without helpful electronic tools, and an enormous amount of human resources is typically required. AIM: For rapid contact tracing and effective infection control and management measures for HCWs in hospitals, adapted technical solutions are needed. METHODS: In this study, we report the development of our containment strategy to a web-based contact tracing and rapid point-of-care-testing workflow. RESULTS/CONCLUSION: Our workflow yielded efficient control of the rapidly evolving situation during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic from May 2020 until January 2021 at a German University Hospital. |
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spelling | pubmed-82498342021-07-02 Development of a web-based contact tracing and point-of-care-testing workflow for SARS-CoV-2 at a German University Hospital Zirbes, Julian Sterr, Christian M. Steller, Marcus Dapper, Laura Nonnenmacher-Winter, Claudia Günther, Frank Antimicrob Resist Infect Control Research INTRODUCTION: In late 2019, a novel coronavirus was detected in China. Supported by its respiratory transmissibility, even by people infected without symptomatic disease, this coronavirus soon began to rapidly spread worldwide. BACKGROUND: Many countries have implemented different infection control and containment strategies due to ongoing community transmission. In this context, contact tracing as well as adequate testing and consequent quarantining of high-risk contacts play leading roles in containing the virus by interrupting infection chains. This approach is especially important in the hospital setting where contacts often cannot be avoided and physical distance is usually not possible. Furthermore, health care workers (HCWs) usually have contact with a variety of vulnerable people, making it essential to identify infections among hospital employees as soon as possible to interrupt the rapid spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the facility. Several electronic tools for contact tracing, such as specific software or mobile phone apps, are available for the public health sector. In contrast, contact tracing in hospitals often has to be carried out without helpful electronic tools, and an enormous amount of human resources is typically required. AIM: For rapid contact tracing and effective infection control and management measures for HCWs in hospitals, adapted technical solutions are needed. METHODS: In this study, we report the development of our containment strategy to a web-based contact tracing and rapid point-of-care-testing workflow. RESULTS/CONCLUSION: Our workflow yielded efficient control of the rapidly evolving situation during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic from May 2020 until January 2021 at a German University Hospital. BioMed Central 2021-07-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8249834/ /pubmed/34215330 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-021-00971-2 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Zirbes, Julian Sterr, Christian M. Steller, Marcus Dapper, Laura Nonnenmacher-Winter, Claudia Günther, Frank Development of a web-based contact tracing and point-of-care-testing workflow for SARS-CoV-2 at a German University Hospital |
title | Development of a web-based contact tracing and point-of-care-testing workflow for SARS-CoV-2 at a German University Hospital |
title_full | Development of a web-based contact tracing and point-of-care-testing workflow for SARS-CoV-2 at a German University Hospital |
title_fullStr | Development of a web-based contact tracing and point-of-care-testing workflow for SARS-CoV-2 at a German University Hospital |
title_full_unstemmed | Development of a web-based contact tracing and point-of-care-testing workflow for SARS-CoV-2 at a German University Hospital |
title_short | Development of a web-based contact tracing and point-of-care-testing workflow for SARS-CoV-2 at a German University Hospital |
title_sort | development of a web-based contact tracing and point-of-care-testing workflow for sars-cov-2 at a german university hospital |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8249834/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34215330 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-021-00971-2 |
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