First experience of COVID-19 screening of health-care workers in England.
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TL;DR: The world has been preparing for a pandemic for decades and reacted swiftly to the 2002–2003 outbreak of SARS and the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, however, the COVID-19 pandemic has proved far more problematic than those two outbreaks, not the least being that polio too spreads silently from people who are infected but asymptomatic, a silent menace.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection among previously undiagnosed healthcare workers and described profiling of antibody responses against SARS, including neutralizing antibodies (NAbs).
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Asymptomatic health-care worker screening during the COVID-19 pandemic - Authors' reply.
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Low-threshold SARS-CoV-2 testing facility for hospital staff: Prevention of COVID-19 outbreaks?
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TL;DR: High levels of professional infection prevention training and implementation of specialized wards as well as a perfectly working hospital hygiene network identifying and tracking risk contacts are of great importance in a pandemic setting.
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare workers risk of infection and outcomes in a large, integrated health system
Anita D. Misra-Hebert,Lara Jehi,Xinge Ji,Amy S. Nowacki,Steven M. Gordon,Paul Terpeluk,Mina K. Chung,Reena Mehra,Katherine M. Dell,Nathan A. Pennell,Aaron C Hamilton,Alex Milinovich,Michael W. Kattan,James B. Young +13 more
TL;DR: In a large healthcare system, HCW had similar odds for testing SARS-CoV-2 positive, but lower odds of hospitalization compared to non-HCW, and those HCW identified as patient-facing compared to not had higher odds of a positive test.
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