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Testing of Healthcare Workers Exposed to COVID19 with Rapid Antigen Detection

Herrera, V.; Hsu, V.; Adewale, A.; Hendrix, T.; Johnson, L.; Kuhlman, J.; Finkler, N.

2020-08-14 infectious diseases
10.1101/2020.08.12.20172726 medRxiv
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There is a need to develop safe and cost-effective ways to test healthcare workers for COVID19. Here we describe a rapid antigen testing strategy in a cohort of 497 Healthcare workers exposed to SARS-CoV-2 that can be applied by systems facing a surge of COVID19 cases, increased number of exposures in their workforce and limited RT-PCR availability. Our findings support an expanded use for antigen testing beyond its current indication and highlights the importance of further evaluating this modality for the diagnosis of COVID19 on asymptomatic individuals.

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