Universal admission screening strategy for COVID-19 highlighted the clinical importance of reporting SARS-CoV-2 viral loads

M. Moraz; D. Jacot; M. Papadimitriou-Olivgeris; L. Senn; G. Greub; K. Jaton; O. Opota

New Microbes and New Infections (Nov 2020)

Universal admission screening strategy for COVID-19 highlighted the clinical importance of reporting SARS-CoV-2 viral loads

M. Moraz,
D. Jacot,
M. Papadimitriou-Olivgeris,
L. Senn,
G. Greub,
K. Jaton,
O. Opota

Affiliations

M. Moraz: Institute of Microbiology, University of Lausanne and Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
D. Jacot: Institute of Microbiology, University of Lausanne and Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
M. Papadimitriou-Olivgeris: Infectious Diseases Service, University of Lausanne and Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland; Service of Hospital Preventive Medicine, University of Lausanne and Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
L. Senn: Service of Hospital Preventive Medicine, University of Lausanne and Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
G. Greub: Institute of Microbiology, University of Lausanne and Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland; Infectious Diseases Service, University of Lausanne and Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland; Corresponding authors: O. Opota and G. Greub, Institute of Microbiology, University of Lausanne and Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
K. Jaton: Institute of Microbiology, University of Lausanne and Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
O. Opota: Institute of Microbiology, University of Lausanne and Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland; Corresponding authors: O. Opota and G. Greub, Institute of Microbiology, University of Lausanne and Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 38
p. 100820

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Previously limited to symptomatic patients, our hospital introduced a universal admission screening strategy for coronavirus disease 2019 on 25 April 2020. All patients were tested by RT-PCR. We observed decreased viral loads linked to increased screening of asymptomatic patients highlighting the fact that viral load values could guide infection control decisions.

Published in New Microbes and New Infections

ISSN: 2052-2975 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/new-microbes-and-new-infections

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