Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) screening of asymptomatic healthcare workers in a low-prevalence setting: A single-center UK cohort study

In this cohort study of UK healthcare workers, we evaluated the use of fortnightly polymerase chain reaction (PCR) screening to facilitate the safe resumption of elective surgery in a low-prevalence setting. We found that adherence to serial testing was poor, and the resource required to identify 1...

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Autores principales: Azamgarhi, Tariq, Maynard-Smith, Laura, Bysouth, Hannah, Warren, Simon
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2022
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Concise Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9726578/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36483334
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ash.2022.44
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spelling pubmed-97265782022-12-07 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) screening of asymptomatic healthcare workers in a low-prevalence setting: A single-center UK cohort study Azamgarhi, Tariq Maynard-Smith, Laura Bysouth, Hannah Warren, Simon Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol Concise Communication In this cohort study of UK healthcare workers, we evaluated the use of fortnightly polymerase chain reaction (PCR) screening to facilitate the safe resumption of elective surgery in a low-prevalence setting. We found that adherence to serial testing was poor, and the resource required to identify 1 asymptomatic case was substantial. Cambridge University Press 2022-05-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9726578/ /pubmed/36483334 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ash.2022.44 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original article is properly cited.
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title Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) screening of asymptomatic healthcare workers in a low-prevalence setting: A single-center UK cohort study
title_full Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) screening of asymptomatic healthcare workers in a low-prevalence setting: A single-center UK cohort study
title_fullStr Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) screening of asymptomatic healthcare workers in a low-prevalence setting: A single-center UK cohort study
title_full_unstemmed Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) screening of asymptomatic healthcare workers in a low-prevalence setting: A single-center UK cohort study
title_short Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) screening of asymptomatic healthcare workers in a low-prevalence setting: A single-center UK cohort study
title_sort coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) polymerase chain reaction (pcr) screening of asymptomatic healthcare workers in a low-prevalence setting: a single-center uk cohort study
topic Concise Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9726578/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ash.2022.44
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