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. 2020 Sep;103(3):1211-1214.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0715.

COVID-19 Screening for Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary Infectious Diseases Referral Hospital in Manila, the Philippines

Annavi Marie G Villanueva  1   2 , Jezreel Lazaro  3 , Ana Ria Sayo  3 , Su Myat Han  2 , Tatsuya Ukawa  1   2 , Shuichi Suzuki  1   2 , Saho Takaya  2   4 , Elizabeth Telan  3 , Rontgene Solante  3 , Koya Ariyoshi  5 , Chris Smith  2   4
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COVID-19 Screening for Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary Infectious Diseases Referral Hospital in Manila, the Philippines

Annavi Marie G Villanueva et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 Sep.

Abstract

COVID-19 is an emerging disease threatening the lives of patients and healthcare workers (HCWs) alike. In this article, we present initial results of COVID-19 screening performed among the hospital staff of an infectious diseases referral hospital in Manila, the Philippines. Of 324 HCWs tested, eight were positive; only one was exposed to COVID-19 patients, whereas seven others belonged to two different departments. Routine screening of hospital staff is invaluable for the safety of the HCWs and the patients in hospitals and should be performed on a regular basis. In monitoring HCWs, we protect one of our most valuable assets against COVID-19.

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Disclaimer: The funder of the study had no role in the study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation or the writing of the report. The corresponding author had full access to all the data in the study and had final responsibility for the decision to submit for publication.

Disclosure: Informed consent was obtained from all study participants enrolled to this study. This research was reviewed and approved by the San Lazaro Hospital-Research Ethics and Review Unit (Ref: SLH-RERU-2020-022-I) and the School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University ethical committee (NU_TMGH_2020_119_1).

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