Utility of routine post-admission testing for SARS-CoV-2 in a rehabilitation facility

Victoria R. Williams; Larry Robinson; Morty Eisenberg; Kuldeep Virdi; Robert Kozak; Jerome A. Leis

doi:10.1017/ash.2024.14

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology (Jan 2024)

Utility of routine post-admission testing for SARS-CoV-2 in a rehabilitation facility

Victoria R. Williams,
Larry Robinson,
Morty Eisenberg,
Kuldeep Virdi,
Robert Kozak,
Jerome A. Leis

Affiliations

Victoria R. Williams: Infection Prevention and Control, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
Larry Robinson: Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Morty Eisenberg: Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Kuldeep Virdi: Infection Prevention and Control, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
Robert Kozak: Shared Hospital Laboratory, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
Jerome A. Leis: ORCiD; Infection Prevention and Control, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, ON, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2024.14
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4

Abstract

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Asymptomatic screening for SARS-CoV-2 is recommended in healthcare settings during periods of increased incidence, yet studies in rehabilitation settings are lacking. Routine weekly post-admission asymptomatic testing in a rehabilitation facility offered marginal gain beyond syndromic and targeted unit testing and was not associated with a reduced risk of healthcare-associated COVID-19.

Published in Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology

ISSN: 2732-494X (Online)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antimicrobial-stewardship-and-healthcare-epidemiology

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