Evaluation of pre-hospital COVID-19 rapid antigen tests by paramedics and their use in a direct admission pathway

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Infection, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Infection Research Group, Hull, United Kingdom.
• ² School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
• ³ Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust, Wakefield, United Kingdom.
• ⁴ Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal.
• ⁵ Department of Infection, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Infection Research Group, Hull, United Kingdom; Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom.
• ⁶ Department of Infection, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Infection Research Group, Hull, United Kingdom; Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom. Electronic address: nicholas.easom@nhs.net.