Mass COVID-19 testing of asymptomatic health-care workers in a tertiary hospital during an outbreak in another hospital in Singapore: an effective strategy?

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2022.13.4.951

Title:	Mass COVID-19 testing of asymptomatic health-care workers in a tertiary hospital during an outbreak in another hospital in Singapore: an effective strategy?
Authors:	Wang, William T Chan, Hwang Ching Somani, Jyoti Lim, See Ming
Keywords:	Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Public, Environmental & Occupational Health VIRUS 2 SARS-COV-2 SURVEILLANCE PREVENTION PERSONNEL
Issue Date:	1-Oct-2022
Publisher:	WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, REGIONAL OFFICE WESTERN PACIFIC
Citation:	Wang, William T, Chan, Hwang Ching, Somani, Jyoti, Lim, See Ming (2022-10-01). Mass COVID-19 testing of asymptomatic health-care workers in a tertiary hospital during an outbreak in another hospital in Singapore: an effective strategy?. WESTERN PACIFIC SURVEILLANCE AND RESPONSE 13 (4). ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2022.13.4.951
Abstract:	In response to a COVID-19 outbreak within a hospital in Singapore, a single mass swab exercise was conducted at another tertiary hospital to detect possible inter-hospital transmission. The exercise yielded no positive results, demonstrating non-targeted mass testing as an impractical strategy to track inter-hospital transmission.
Source Title:	WESTERN PACIFIC SURVEILLANCE AND RESPONSE
URI:	https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/245627
ISSN:	2094-7321 2094-7313
DOI:	10.5365/wpsar.2022.13.4.951
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