The role and relevance of asymptomatic healthcare worker testing in COVID-19 hospital outbreaks

• Main Authors: Matthew Garrod (Author), Katy Short (Author), James Zlosnik (Author), Natalie Prystajecky (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: Cambridge University Press, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• נושאים: article
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Background: Many healthcare facilities have faced the decision of conducting point prevalence testing (PPT) of healthcare workers (HCW) during COVID-19 outbreaks. As a containment strategy, PPT can identify asymptomatic or presymptomatic cases for isolation. It is less clear how useful testing asymp...