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Evaluation of Screening Tests in Bavarian Healthcare Facilities during the Second Wave of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic
Due to the lack of data on asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2-positive persons in healthcare institutions, they represent an inestimable risk. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to evaluate the first 1,000,000 reported screening tests of asymptomatic staff, patients, residents, and visitors in hospita...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8303425/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34299821 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147371 |
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author | Tischer, Christina Stupp, Carolin Janson, Patrick Willeke, Kristina Hung, Chu-Wei Flöter, Jessica Kirchner, Anna Zink, Katharina Eder, Lisa Hackl, Christina Mühle, Ursula Weidmann, Manfred Nennstiel, Uta Kuhn, Joseph Weidner, Christian Liebl, Bernhard Wildner, Manfred Keil, Thomas |
author_facet | Tischer, Christina Stupp, Carolin Janson, Patrick Willeke, Kristina Hung, Chu-Wei Flöter, Jessica Kirchner, Anna Zink, Katharina Eder, Lisa Hackl, Christina Mühle, Ursula Weidmann, Manfred Nennstiel, Uta Kuhn, Joseph Weidner, Christian Liebl, Bernhard Wildner, Manfred Keil, Thomas |
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description | Due to the lack of data on asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2-positive persons in healthcare institutions, they represent an inestimable risk. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to evaluate the first 1,000,000 reported screening tests of asymptomatic staff, patients, residents, and visitors in hospitals and long-term care (LTC) facilities in the State of Bavaria over a period of seven months. Data were used from the online database BayCoRei (Bavarian Corona Screening Tests), established in July 2020. Descriptive analyses were performed, describing the temporal pattern of persons that tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 by real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) or antigen tests, stratified by facility. Until 15 March 2021, this database had collected 1,038,146 test results of asymptomatic subjects in healthcare facilities (382,240 by RT-PCR, and 655,906 by antigen tests). Of the RT-PCR tests, 2.2% (n = 8380) were positive: 3.0% in LTC facilities, 2.2% in hospitals, and 1.2% in rehabilitation institutions. Of the antigen tests, 0.4% (n = 2327) were positive: 0.5% in LTC facilities, and 0.3% in both hospitals and rehabilitation institutions, respectively. In LTC facilities and hospitals, infection surveillance using RT-PCR tests, or the less expensive but less sensitive, faster antigen tests, could facilitate the long-term management of the healthcare workforce, patients, and residents. |
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spelling | pubmed-83034252021-07-25 Evaluation of Screening Tests in Bavarian Healthcare Facilities during the Second Wave of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Tischer, Christina Stupp, Carolin Janson, Patrick Willeke, Kristina Hung, Chu-Wei Flöter, Jessica Kirchner, Anna Zink, Katharina Eder, Lisa Hackl, Christina Mühle, Ursula Weidmann, Manfred Nennstiel, Uta Kuhn, Joseph Weidner, Christian Liebl, Bernhard Wildner, Manfred Keil, Thomas Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Due to the lack of data on asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2-positive persons in healthcare institutions, they represent an inestimable risk. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to evaluate the first 1,000,000 reported screening tests of asymptomatic staff, patients, residents, and visitors in hospitals and long-term care (LTC) facilities in the State of Bavaria over a period of seven months. Data were used from the online database BayCoRei (Bavarian Corona Screening Tests), established in July 2020. Descriptive analyses were performed, describing the temporal pattern of persons that tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 by real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) or antigen tests, stratified by facility. Until 15 March 2021, this database had collected 1,038,146 test results of asymptomatic subjects in healthcare facilities (382,240 by RT-PCR, and 655,906 by antigen tests). Of the RT-PCR tests, 2.2% (n = 8380) were positive: 3.0% in LTC facilities, 2.2% in hospitals, and 1.2% in rehabilitation institutions. Of the antigen tests, 0.4% (n = 2327) were positive: 0.5% in LTC facilities, and 0.3% in both hospitals and rehabilitation institutions, respectively. In LTC facilities and hospitals, infection surveillance using RT-PCR tests, or the less expensive but less sensitive, faster antigen tests, could facilitate the long-term management of the healthcare workforce, patients, and residents. MDPI 2021-07-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8303425/ /pubmed/34299821 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147371 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Tischer, Christina Stupp, Carolin Janson, Patrick Willeke, Kristina Hung, Chu-Wei Flöter, Jessica Kirchner, Anna Zink, Katharina Eder, Lisa Hackl, Christina Mühle, Ursula Weidmann, Manfred Nennstiel, Uta Kuhn, Joseph Weidner, Christian Liebl, Bernhard Wildner, Manfred Keil, Thomas Evaluation of Screening Tests in Bavarian Healthcare Facilities during the Second Wave of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic |
title | Evaluation of Screening Tests in Bavarian Healthcare Facilities during the Second Wave of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic |
title_full | Evaluation of Screening Tests in Bavarian Healthcare Facilities during the Second Wave of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic |
title_fullStr | Evaluation of Screening Tests in Bavarian Healthcare Facilities during the Second Wave of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic |
title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of Screening Tests in Bavarian Healthcare Facilities during the Second Wave of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic |
title_short | Evaluation of Screening Tests in Bavarian Healthcare Facilities during the Second Wave of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic |
title_sort | evaluation of screening tests in bavarian healthcare facilities during the second wave of the sars-cov-2 pandemic |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8303425/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34299821 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147371 |
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