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. 2020 Mar;25(12):2000334.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.12.2000334.

Rapid assessment of regional SARS-CoV-2 community transmission through a convenience sample of healthcare workers, the Netherlands, March 2020

Chantal B Reusken  1   2   3 , Anton Buiting  4 , Chantal Bleeker-Rovers  5 , Bram Diederen  6 , Mariëtte Hooiveld  7 , Ingrid Friesema  1 , Marion Koopmans  3 , Titia Kortbeek  1 , Suzanne Pm Lutgens  8 , Adam Meijer  1 , Jean-Luc Murk  4 , Ilse Overdevest  9 , Thera Trienekens  10 , Aura Timen  1 , Wouter Van den Bijllaardt  11 , Jaap Van Dissel  1 , Arianne Van Gageldonk-Lafeber  1 , Dewi Van der Vegt  12 , Peter C Wever  13 , Wim Van der Hoek  1   2 , Jan Kluytmans  11
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Rapid assessment of regional SARS-CoV-2 community transmission through a convenience sample of healthcare workers, the Netherlands, March 2020

Chantal B Reusken et al. Euro Surveill. 2020 Mar.

Abstract

To rapidly assess possible community transmission in Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands, healthcare workers (HCW) with mild respiratory complaints and without epidemiological link (contact with confirmed case or visited areas with active circulation) were tested for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Within 2 days, 1,097 HCW in nine hospitals were tested; 45 (4.1%) were positive. Of six hospitals with positive HCW, two accounted for 38 positive HCW. The results informed local and national risk management.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; community transmission; healthcare worker; public health response; respiratory disease.

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Conflict of interest: None declared.

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Locations of the nine participating hospitals, with numbers of healthcare workers tested for SARS-CoV-2 and percentage of positive test results, the Netherlands, March 2020 (n = 1,097 tests)
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