Cost Effectiveness of Sample Pooling to Test for SARS-CoV-2

doi:10.3855/jidc.13935

. 2020 Oct 31;14(10):1136-1137.

doi: 10.3855/jidc.13935.

Cost Effectiveness of Sample Pooling to Test for SARS-CoV-2

Baha Abdalhamid¹, Christopher Richard Bilder², Jodi Louise Garrett³, Peter Charles Iwen⁴

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¹ Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States. babdalhamid@unmc.edu.
² Department of Statistics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States. bilder@unl.edu.
³ Clinical Laboratory, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE, United States. JLGarrett@nebraskamed.com.
⁴ Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States. piwen@unmc.edu.

PMID: 33175708
PMCID: PMC7962623
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.13935

Cost Effectiveness of Sample Pooling to Test for SARS-CoV-2

Baha Abdalhamid et al. J Infect Dev Ctries. 2020.

. 2020 Oct 31;14(10):1136-1137.

doi: 10.3855/jidc.13935.

Authors

Baha Abdalhamid¹, Christopher Richard Bilder², Jodi Louise Garrett³, Peter Charles Iwen⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States. babdalhamid@unmc.edu.
² Department of Statistics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States. bilder@unl.edu.
³ Clinical Laboratory, Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE, United States. JLGarrett@nebraskamed.com.
⁴ Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States. piwen@unmc.edu.

PMID: 33175708
PMCID: PMC7962623
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.13935

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Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; Sample Pooling; savings.

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1. Abdalhamid B, Bilder CR, McCutchen EL, Hinrichs SH, Koepsell SA, Iwen PC (2020) Assessment of Specimen Pooling to Conserve SARS CoV-2 Testing Resources. Am J Clin Pathol 153(6):715–718. - PMC - PubMed
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[1] Torres I, Albert E, Navarro D (2020) Pooling of nasopharyngeal swab specimens for SARS-CoV-2 detection by RT-PCR. J Med Virol 1–2. - PMC - PubMed

[2] Torres I, Albert E, Navarro D (2020) Pooling of nasopharyngeal swab specimens for SARS-CoV-2 detection by RT-PCR. J Med Virol 1–2. - PMC - PubMed

[3] Abdalhamid B, Bilder CR, McCutchen EL, Hinrichs SH, Koepsell SA, Iwen PC (2020) Assessment of Specimen Pooling to Conserve SARS CoV-2 Testing Resources. Am J Clin Pathol 153(6):715–718. - PMC - PubMed

[4] Abdalhamid B, Bilder CR, McCutchen EL, Hinrichs SH, Koepsell SA, Iwen PC (2020) Assessment of Specimen Pooling to Conserve SARS CoV-2 Testing Resources. Am J Clin Pathol 153(6):715–718. - PMC - PubMed

[5] Hogan CA, Sahoo MK, Pinsky BA (2020) Sample Pooling as a Strategy to Detect Community Transmission of SARS-CoV-2. JAMA 323(19):1967–1969. - PMC - PubMed

[6] Hogan CA, Sahoo MK, Pinsky BA (2020) Sample Pooling as a Strategy to Detect Community Transmission of SARS-CoV-2. JAMA 323(19):1967–1969. - PMC - PubMed

[7] Shuren J. Coronavirus (2020) (COVID-19) Update: facilitating diagnostic test availability for asymptomatic testing and pooling testing. Available: https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19... [fda.gov]

[8] Shuren J. Coronavirus (2020) (COVID-19) Update: facilitating diagnostic test availability for asymptomatic testing and pooling testing. Available: https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19... [fda.gov]

[9] Hitt BD, Bilder CR, Tebbs JM, McMahan CS (2019) The objective function controversy for group testing: Much ado about nothing? Stat Med 38(24):4912–4923. - PMC - PubMed

[10] Hitt BD, Bilder CR, Tebbs JM, McMahan CS (2019) The objective function controversy for group testing: Much ado about nothing? Stat Med 38(24):4912–4923. - PMC - PubMed

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