Severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (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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Abstract

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 that the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 was <1%.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)657-660
Number of pages4
JournalInfection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume43
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 12 2022

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Funding Information:
Financial support. This study was supported by funding from the University of Minnesota Office of the Vice President for Research, by the Minnesota Population Center (funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Population Research Infrastructure Program (grant no. P2C HD041023) and by the University of Minnesota’s National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical and Translational Science Award (grant no. UL1TR002494). Dr Ulrich was supported by a grant from the NIH (grant no. T32AI05543315).

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