The sample collection procedure for SARS-CoV-2 has a strong impact on diagnostic capability, contact tracing approach, ultimately affecting the infection containment performance. This study demonstrates that self-collected nasal-swab has shown to be a valid and well tolerated procedure to SARS-CoV-2 surveillance in a healthcare system. More significantly, no performance adequacy difference was detected in self-administered swabs between healthcare worker (HCW) and non-HCW which allows to speculate that this procedure could be successfully extended to the entire population for mass screening. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12985-021-01533-z.
【저자키워드】 Surveillance, Self-swab, Nasal-swab, SARS-CoV-2 testing, 【초록키워드】 SARS-CoV-2, Infection, diagnostic, Contact tracing, healthcare worker, Mass screening, Swab, SARS-CoV-2 surveillance, Healthcare system, HCW, supplementary material, approach, shown, significantly, affecting, 【제목키워드】 public health, SARS-CoV-2, nasal swab,