All the procedures to screen patients and healthcare staff are needed to prevent COVID 19 nosocomial outbreaks and are based on the swab test (RT-PCR test). However, literature shows that a negative swab test does not rule out a Covid-19 infection. In this commentary we propose a more comprehensive strategy.
Chirico, F., Nucera, G., Magnavita, N., Hospital infection and COVID-19: Do not put all your eggs on the "swab" tests, <<INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY>>, 2020; (n/a): 1-3-3. [doi:10.1017/ice.2020.254] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/155818]
Hospital infection and COVID-19: Do not put all your eggs on the "swab" tests
Chirico, Francesco;Magnavita, Nicola
2020
Abstract
All the procedures to screen patients and healthcare staff are needed to prevent COVID 19 nosocomial outbreaks and are based on the swab test (RT-PCR test). However, literature shows that a negative swab test does not rule out a Covid-19 infection. In this commentary we propose a more comprehensive strategy.
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