Asymptomatic health-care worker screening during the COVID-19 pandemic

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Office of Clinical Epidemiology, Analytics, and Knowledge, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 308433 Singapore; Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Electronic address: angela_chow@ttsh.com.sg.
² Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Office of Clinical Epidemiology, Analytics, and Knowledge, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 308433 Singapore.
³ Occupational Health Services, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 308433 Singapore.
⁴ Department of Infectious Diseases, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 308433 Singapore; Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Comment

Angela Chow et al. Lancet. 2020.

. 2020 Oct 31;396(10260):1393-1394.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32208-X.

¹ Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Office of Clinical Epidemiology, Analytics, and Knowledge, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 308433 Singapore; Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Electronic address: angela_chow@ttsh.com.sg.
² Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Office of Clinical Epidemiology, Analytics, and Knowledge, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 308433 Singapore.
³ Occupational Health Services, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 308433 Singapore.
⁴ Department of Infectious Diseases, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 308433 Singapore; Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

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COVID-19: PCR screening of asymptomatic health-care workers at London hospital.
Treibel TA, Manisty C, Burton M, McKnight Á, Lambourne J, Augusto JB, Couto-Parada X, Cutino-Moguel T, Noursadeghi M, Moon JC. Treibel TA, et al. Lancet. 2020 May 23;395(10237):1608-1610. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31100-4. Epub 2020 May 8. Lancet. 2020. PMID: 32401714 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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