Frequency of Routine Testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in High-risk Healthcare Environments to Reduce Outbreaks

Elizabeth T. Chin; Benjamin Q. Huynh; Lloyd A.C. Chapman; Matthew Murrill; Sanjay Basu; Nathan C. Lo

doi:10.1093/cid/ciaa1383

Frequency of Routine Testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in High-risk Healthcare Environments to Reduce Outbreaks

Elizabeth T. Chin, Benjamin Q. Huynh, Lloyd A.C. Chapman, Matthew Murrill, Sanjay Basu, Nathan C. Lo

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Abstract

Routine asymptomatic testing strategies for COVID-19 have been proposed to prevent outbreaks in high-risk healthcare environments. We used simulation modeling to evaluate the optimal frequency of viral testing. We found that routine testing substantially reduces risk of outbreaks, but may need to be as frequent as twice weekly.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	E3127-E3129
Journal	Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume	73
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa1383
State	Published - Nov 1 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

SARS-CoV-2
epidemiology
infection control
pandemic

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

Access to Document

10.1093/cid/ciaa1383

Cite this

@article{d74b7b8161524901ae6c8e54f2b4bc8a,

title = "Frequency of Routine Testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in High-risk Healthcare Environments to Reduce Outbreaks",

abstract = "Routine asymptomatic testing strategies for COVID-19 have been proposed to prevent outbreaks in high-risk healthcare environments. We used simulation modeling to evaluate the optimal frequency of viral testing. We found that routine testing substantially reduces risk of outbreaks, but may need to be as frequent as twice weekly.",

keywords = "SARS-CoV-2, epidemiology, infection control, pandemic",

author = "Chin, {Elizabeth T.} and Huynh, {Benjamin Q.} and Chapman, {Lloyd A.C.} and Matthew Murrill and Sanjay Basu and Lo, {Nathan C.}",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved. For permissions, e-mail: [email protected].",

year = "2021",

month = nov,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1093/cid/ciaa1383",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "73",

pages = "E3127--E3129",

journal = "Clinical Infectious Diseases",

issn = "1058-4838",

publisher = "Oxford University Press",

number = "9",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Frequency of Routine Testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in High-risk Healthcare Environments to Reduce Outbreaks

AU - Chin, Elizabeth T.

AU - Huynh, Benjamin Q.

AU - Chapman, Lloyd A.C.

AU - Murrill, Matthew

AU - Basu, Sanjay

AU - Lo, Nathan C.

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2020 The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved. For permissions, e-mail: [email protected].

PY - 2021/11/1

Y1 - 2021/11/1

N2 - Routine asymptomatic testing strategies for COVID-19 have been proposed to prevent outbreaks in high-risk healthcare environments. We used simulation modeling to evaluate the optimal frequency of viral testing. We found that routine testing substantially reduces risk of outbreaks, but may need to be as frequent as twice weekly.

AB - Routine asymptomatic testing strategies for COVID-19 have been proposed to prevent outbreaks in high-risk healthcare environments. We used simulation modeling to evaluate the optimal frequency of viral testing. We found that routine testing substantially reduces risk of outbreaks, but may need to be as frequent as twice weekly.

KW - SARS-CoV-2

KW - epidemiology

KW - infection control

KW - pandemic

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85116748450&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85116748450&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1093/cid/ciaa1383

DO - 10.1093/cid/ciaa1383

M3 - Article

C2 - 33570097

AN - SCOPUS:85116748450

SN - 1058-4838

VL - 73

SP - E3127-E3129

JO - Clinical Infectious Diseases

JF - Clinical Infectious Diseases

IS - 9

ER -

Frequency of Routine Testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in High-risk Healthcare Environments to Reduce Outbreaks

Abstract

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this