Mass COVID-19 testing of asymptomatic health-care workers in a tertiary hospital during an outbreak in another hospital in Singapore: an effective strategy?
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Published:2022-11-07
Issue:4
Volume:13
Page:89-91
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ISSN:2094-7321
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Container-title:Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal
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language:
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Short-container-title:WPSAR
Author:
Wang William,Chan Hwang Ching,Somani Jyoti,Lim See Ming
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.
Publisher
World Health Organization, Western Pacific Regional Office