Considerations for Pooled Testing of Employees for SARS-CoV-2

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Journal: Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
[저자] Paul A Schulte, David N Weissman, Sara E Luckhaupt, Marie A de Perio, Don Beezhold, John D Piacentino, Lewis J Radonovich Jr, Frank J Hearl, John Howard
[Category] MERS,
PMC URL    Pubmed URL    [DOI] 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002049    
[Source] PMC

Abstract
Objectives: To identify important background information on pooled tested of employees that employers workers, and health authorities should consider.
Methods: This paper is a commentary based on the review by the authors of pertinent literature generally from preprints in medrixiv.org prior to August 2020.
Results/conclusions: Pooled testing may be particularly useful to employers in communities with low prevalence of COVID-19. It can be used to reduce the number of tests and associated financial costs. For effective and efficient pooled testing employers should consider it as part of a broader, more comprehensive workplace COVID-19 prevention and control program. Pooled testing of asymptomatic employees can prevent transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and help assure employers and customers that employees are not infectious.

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