Community Obstetrical Units Less Likely than Academic Units to Have Universal COVID-19 Testing

doi:10.1055/s-0040-1712454

Comparative Study

. 2020 Aug;37(10):1074-1076.

doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1712454. Epub 2020 May 19.

Community Obstetrical Units Less Likely than Academic Units to Have Universal COVID-19 Testing

Erika F Werner¹, Judette M Louis², Brenna Hughes³, Christina Shih-Chi Han^{4

5}, Mary E Norton⁶, Sindhu K Srinivas⁷

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¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
⁴ UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California.
⁵ Center for Fetal Medicine and Women's Ultrasound, Los Angeles, California.
⁶ Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
⁷ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal and Child Health Research Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

PMID: 32428963
PMCID: PMC7416201
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1712454

Comparative Study

Community Obstetrical Units Less Likely than Academic Units to Have Universal COVID-19 Testing

Erika F Werner et al. Am J Perinatol. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;37(10):1074-1076.

doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1712454. Epub 2020 May 19.

Authors

Erika F Werner¹, Judette M Louis², Brenna Hughes³, Christina Shih-Chi Han^{4

5}, Mary E Norton⁶, Sindhu K Srinivas⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
⁴ UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California.
⁵ Center for Fetal Medicine and Women's Ultrasound, Los Angeles, California.
⁶ Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
⁷ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal and Child Health Research Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

PMID: 32428963
PMCID: PMC7416201
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1712454

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COVID-19-positive obstetric patient volume by hospital affiliation. COVID-19, novel coronavirus disease 2019.

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1. Sutton D, Fuchs K, D'Alton M, Goffman D.Universal screening for SARS-CoV-2 in women admitted for deliveryN Engl J Med2020. Doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2009316 - PMC - PubMed

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[1] Sutton D, Fuchs K, D'Alton M, Goffman D.Universal screening for SARS-CoV-2 in women admitted for deliveryN Engl J Med2020. Doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2009316 - PMC - PubMed

[2] Sutton D, Fuchs K, D'Alton M, Goffman D.Universal screening for SARS-CoV-2 in women admitted for deliveryN Engl J Med2020. Doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2009316 - PMC - PubMed

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