SARS-CoV-2 Screening among Symptom-Free Healthcare Workers

Ryan T. Demmer; Angela K. Ulrich; Talia D. Wiggen; Ali Strickland; Brianna M. Naumchik; Shalini Kulasingam; Steven D. Stovitz; Clarisse Marotz; Pedro Belda-Ferre; Greg Humphrey; Peter De Hoff; Louise Laurent; Susan Kline; Rob Knight

doi:10.1017/ice.2021.81

SARS-CoV-2 Screening among Symptom-Free Healthcare Workers

Ryan T. Demmer, Angela K. Ulrich, Talia D. Wiggen, Ali Strickland, Brianna M. Naumchik, Shalini Kulasingam, Steven D. Stovitz, Clarisse Marotz, Pedro Belda-Ferre, Greg Humphrey, Peter De Hoff, Louise Laurent, Susan Kline, Rob Knight

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Transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is possible among symptom-free individuals. Patients are avoiding medically necessary healthcare visits for fear of becoming infected in the healthcare setting. We screened 489 symptom-free healthcare workers for SARS-CoV-2 and found no positive results, strongly suggesting the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 was <1%.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2021.81
State	Accepted/In press - 2021

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SARS-CoV-2 Screening among Symptom-Free Healthcare Workers. / Demmer, Ryan T.; Ulrich, Angela K.; Wiggen, Talia D.; Strickland, Ali; Naumchik, Brianna M.; Kulasingam, Shalini ; Stovitz, Steven D.; Marotz, Clarisse; Belda-Ferre, Pedro; Humphrey, Greg; De Hoff, Peter; Laurent, Louise; Kline, Susan; Knight, Rob.

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Demmer, Ryan T. ; Ulrich, Angela K. ; Wiggen, Talia D. ; Strickland, Ali ; Naumchik, Brianna M. ; Kulasingam, Shalini ; Stovitz, Steven D. ; Marotz, Clarisse ; Belda-Ferre, Pedro ; Humphrey, Greg ; De Hoff, Peter ; Laurent, Louise ; Kline, Susan ; Knight, Rob. / SARS-CoV-2 Screening among Symptom-Free Healthcare Workers. In: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2021.

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