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. 2021 Jan 1;63(1):1-9.
doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002049.

Considerations for Pooled Testing of Employees for SARS-CoV-2

Paul A Schulte  1 , David N Weissman, Sara E Luckhaupt, Marie A de Perio, Don Beezhold, John D Piacentino, Lewis J Radonovich Jr, Frank J Hearl, John Howard
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Considerations for Pooled Testing of Employees for SARS-CoV-2

Paul A Schulte et al. J Occup Environ Med. .

Abstract

Objectives: To identify important background information on pooled tested of employees that employers workers, and health authorities should consider.

Methods: This paper is a commentary based on the review by the authors of pertinent literature generally from preprints in medrixiv.org prior to August 2020.

Results/conclusions: Pooled testing may be particularly useful to employers in communities with low prevalence of COVID-19. It can be used to reduce the number of tests and associated financial costs. For effective and efficient pooled testing employers should consider it as part of a broader, more comprehensive workplace COVID-19 prevention and control program. Pooled testing of asymptomatic employees can prevent transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and help assure employers and customers that employees are not infectious.

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Conflict of interest statement

Schulte, Weissman, Luckhaupt, de Perio, Beezhold, Piacentino, Radonovich, Hearl, and Howard have no relationships/conditions/circumstances that present potential conflict of interest.

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Process for pooled testing of employees.
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