Daily pool testing of nasopharyngeal self-obtained swaps of healthcare professionals with definite COVID-19 exposition

Eur J Emerg Med. 2020 Aug;27(4):301-302. doi: 10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000719.

Authors

Martin Möckel¹, Charlotte Thibeault², Angela Stein³, Jörg Hofmann³, Petra Gastmeier⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency and Acute Medicine, Campus Mitte and Virchow.
² Department of Infectious Diseases and Respiratory Medicine.
³ Berlin Institute of Health, Institute of Virology, and Labor Berlin - Charité Vivantes GmbH.
⁴ Institute for Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany.

No abstract available

MeSH terms

COVID-19
COVID-19 Testing
Clinical Laboratory Techniques / methods
Clinical Laboratory Techniques / statistics & numerical data*
Communicable Disease Control / organization & administration
Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control*
Emergency Service, Hospital / organization & administration*
Female
Humans
Infection Control / methods*
Male
Medical Staff, Hospital / statistics & numerical data
Nasopharynx / virology
Occupational Health*
Pandemics / prevention & control*
Pandemics / statistics & numerical data
Personal Protective Equipment / statistics & numerical data
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*
Primary Prevention / methods
Risk Assessment