1. Roll-out of SARS-CoV-2 testing for healthcare workers at a large NHS Foundation Trust in the United Kingdom, March 2020.
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Keeley AJ, Evans C, Colton H, Ankcorn M, Cope A, State A, Bennett T, Giri P, de Silva TI, and Raza M
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- Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Testing, Coronavirus Infections epidemiology, Coronavirus Infections virology, Disease Outbreaks, Humans, Pandemics, Pneumonia, Viral epidemiology, Pneumonia, Viral virology, Prevalence, SARS-CoV-2, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome diagnosis, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome epidemiology, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome virology, State Medicine, United Kingdom epidemiology, Clinical Laboratory Techniques, Coronavirus isolation & purification, Coronavirus Infections diagnosis, Guidelines as Topic, Health Personnel, Pneumonia, Viral diagnosis
- Abstract
Healthcare workers (HCW) are potentially at increased risk of infection with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and may transmit severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) to vulnerable patients. We present results from staff testing at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom. Between 16 and 29 March 2020, 1,533 symptomatic HCW were tested, of whom 282 (18%) were positive for SARS-CoV-2. Testing HCW is a crucial strategy to optimise staffing levels during this outbreak.
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- 2020
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