COVID-19: the case for health-care worker screening to prevent hospital transmission

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30917-X

. 2020 May 2;395(10234):1418-1420.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30917-X. Epub 2020 Apr 16.

COVID-19: the case for health-care worker screening to prevent hospital transmission

James R M Black¹, Chris Bailey², Joanna Przewrocka², Krijn K Dijkstra², Charles Swanton³

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¹ Cancer Genome Evolution Research Group, University College London Cancer Institute, University College London, London, UK.
² Cancer Evolution and Genome Instability Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK.
³ Cancer Evolution and Genome Instability Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK; Cancer Research UK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence, University College London Cancer Institute, London, UK; University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK. Electronic address: charles.swanton@crick.ac.uk.

PMID: 32305073
PMCID: PMC7162624
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30917-X

COVID-19: the case for health-care worker screening to prevent hospital transmission

James R M Black et al. Lancet. 2020.

. 2020 May 2;395(10234):1418-1420.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30917-X. Epub 2020 Apr 16.

Authors

James R M Black¹, Chris Bailey², Joanna Przewrocka², Krijn K Dijkstra², Charles Swanton³

Affiliations

¹ Cancer Genome Evolution Research Group, University College London Cancer Institute, University College London, London, UK.
² Cancer Evolution and Genome Instability Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK.
³ Cancer Evolution and Genome Instability Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK; Cancer Research UK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence, University College London Cancer Institute, London, UK; University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK. Electronic address: charles.swanton@crick.ac.uk.

PMID: 32305073
PMCID: PMC7162624
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30917-X

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Characteristics and outcomes of health and social care workers testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 in the Tayside region of Scotland.
Siddiqui MK, Parcell B, Allstaff S, Palmer C, Chalmers JD, Bell S. Siddiqui MK, et al. Eur Respir J. 2020 Sep 17;56(3):2002568. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02568-2020. Print 2020 Sep. Eur Respir J. 2020. PMID: 32675210 Free PMC article.
Misuse of SARS-CoV-2 testing in symptomatic health-care staff in the UK - Authors' reply.
Black JRM, Bailey C, Przewrocka J, Dijkstra KK, Gandhi S, Gamblin S, Barrell S, Swanton C. Black JRM, et al. Lancet. 2020 Oct 24;396(10259):1329-1330. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32145-0. Lancet. 2020. PMID: 34338203 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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[1] WHO Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation report – 84. April 13, 2020. https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019

[2] WHO Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation report – 84. April 13, 2020. https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019

[3] Beeching NJ, Fletcher TE, Beadsworth MBJ. Covid-19: testing times. BMJ. 2020;369 - PubMed

[4] Beeching NJ, Fletcher TE, Beadsworth MBJ. Covid-19: testing times. BMJ. 2020;369 - PubMed

[5] Dunhill L. Intensive care staffing ratios dramatically diluted. March 24, 2020. https://www.hsj.co.uk/exclusive-intensive-care-staffing-ratios-dramatica...

[6] Dunhill L. Intensive care staffing ratios dramatically diluted. March 24, 2020. https://www.hsj.co.uk/exclusive-intensive-care-staffing-ratios-dramatica...

[7] Gilroy R. Already stretched care homes ‘must prepare to go beyond’ for Covid-19. March 19, 2020. https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/older-people/already-stretched-care-ho...

[8] Gilroy R. Already stretched care homes ‘must prepare to go beyond’ for Covid-19. March 19, 2020. https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/older-people/already-stretched-care-ho...

[9] Woodcock A. Coronavirus: fewer than one in 50 NHS frontline staff forced to stay at home have been tested. April 1, 2020. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/coronavirus-nhs-staff-tes...

[10] Woodcock A. Coronavirus: fewer than one in 50 NHS frontline staff forced to stay at home have been tested. April 1, 2020. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/coronavirus-nhs-staff-tes...

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