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Evaluation of screening tests in Bavarian healthcare facilities during the second wave of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
Please always quote using this URN: urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-242637
- Due to the lack of data on asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2-positive persons in healthcare institutions, they represent an inestimable risk. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to evaluate the first 1,000,000 reported screening tests of asymptomatic staff, patients, residents, and visitors in hospitals and long-term care (LTC) facilities in the State of Bavaria over a period of seven months. Data were used from the online database BayCoRei (Bavarian Corona Screening Tests), established in July 2020. Descriptive analyses were performed,Due to the lack of data on asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2-positive persons in healthcare institutions, they represent an inestimable risk. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to evaluate the first 1,000,000 reported screening tests of asymptomatic staff, patients, residents, and visitors in hospitals and long-term care (LTC) facilities in the State of Bavaria over a period of seven months. Data were used from the online database BayCoRei (Bavarian Corona Screening Tests), established in July 2020. Descriptive analyses were performed, describing the temporal pattern of persons that tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 by real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) or antigen tests, stratified by facility. Until 15 March 2021, this database had collected 1,038,146 test results of asymptomatic subjects in healthcare facilities (382,240 by RT-PCR, and 655,906 by antigen tests). Of the RT-PCR tests, 2.2% (n = 8380) were positive: 3.0% in LTC facilities, 2.2% in hospitals, and 1.2% in rehabilitation institutions. Of the antigen tests, 0.4% (n = 2327) were positive: 0.5% in LTC facilities, and 0.3% in both hospitals and rehabilitation institutions, respectively. In LTC facilities and hospitals, infection surveillance using RT-PCR tests, or the less expensive but less sensitive, faster antigen tests, could facilitate the long-term management of the healthcare workforce, patients, and residents.…
Author: | Christina Tischer, Carolin Stupp, Patrick Janson, Kristina Willeke, Chu-Wei Hung, Jessica Flöter, Anna Kirchner, Katharina Zink, Lisa Eder, Christina Hackl, Ursula Mühle, Manfred Weidmann, Uta Nennstiel, Joseph Kuhn, Christian Weidner, Bernhard Liebl, Manfred Wildner, Thomas Keil |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-242637 |
Document Type: | Journal article |
Faculties: | Medizinische Fakultät / Institut für Klinische Epidemiologie und Biometrie |
Language: | English |
Parent Title (English): | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
Year of Completion: | 2021 |
Volume: | 18 |
Issue: | 14 |
Article Number: | 7371 |
Source: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2021) 18:14, 7371. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147371 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147371 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit |
Tag: | RT-PCR; SARS-CoV-2; antigen testing; asymptomatic screening; infection surveillance |
Release Date: | 2022/09/27 |
Date of first Publication: | 2021/07/09 |
Licence (German): | CC BY: Creative-Commons-Lizenz: Namensnennung 4.0 International |