Routine surveillance of asymptomatic healthcare personnel for SARS-COV-2: Not a prevention strategy

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  • Shenoy, E.S.
    • Other Affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Weber, D.J.
    • Affiliation: School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
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  • As capacity for SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics has expanded, both with assay types (nucleic acid amplification tests, NAATs, antigen tests, and serology) and specimen collection options (nasopharyngeal, NP; oropharyngeal, OP; saliva; mid-turbinate, MT; anterior nares, AN), interest in use of routine, serial screening of asymptomatic individuals in a variety of settings has expanded. Notably, the use of asymptomatic surveillance in higher education(1) and professional(2) and non-professional athletics(3), has become commonplace, but transmission in these settings has also been observed and linked to lapses in implementation of basic infection prevention practices such as masking and physical distancing.(4-6) Given the considerable interest in asymptomatic surveillance in areas outside of healthcare, the question of the utility of routine screening among healthcare personnel (HCP) in acute care facilities has been raised.
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  • Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
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  • Cambridge University Press

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