Home-based SARS-CoV-2 lateral flow antigen testing in hospital workers - 17/02/21
Doi : 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.01.008
Louise O Downs a, David W Eyre a, b, ⁎ 
, Denise O'Donnell c, Katie Jeffery a
, Denise O'Donnell c, Katie Jeffery a a Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford OX3 9DU, United Kingdom
b Big Data Institute, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LF, United Kingdom
c Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, United Kingdom
⁎Corresponding author at: Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford OX3 9DU, United Kingdom.Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustOxfordOX3 9DUUnited Kingdom
Bienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.
Article gratuit.
Connectez-vous pour en bénéficier!
Highlights |
• | 46,503 home-based SARS-CoV-2 lateral flow tests were performed by hospital staff. |
• | 328 (0.7%) of tests were positive. |
• | The positive predictive value was 96% and false positive rate 0.03%. |
• | LFDs were less sensitive than PCR, but detected cases with higher viral loads. |
Plan
© 2021
Publié par Elsevier Masson SAS.
Vol 82 - N° 2
P. 282-327 - février 2021 Retour au numéro
Article précédent
- Critical evaluation of the methodology used by Wilson-Davies et al., (2020) entitled “Concerning the Optigene Direct LAMP assay, and it`s use in at-risk groups and hospital staff”
- Dr Veronica Fowler, Dr Angela Douglas, Professor Keith Godfrey, Professor Anthony Williams, Professor Andrew Beggs, Stephen Kidd, Dr Nick Cortes, Professor Mark Wilcox, Dr Kerrie Davies, Melanie Smith, Professor Dame Sue Hill
- The usefulness of NEWS2 at day 7 of hospitalization in predicting COVID-19 evolution and as an early endpoint in therapeutic trials
- Thibault Sixt, Florian Moretto, Hervé Devilliers, Maroua Abdallahoui, Isabelle Eberl, Thomas Rogier, Michel Duong, Arnaud Salmon-Rousseau, Sophie Mahy, Marielle Buisson, Clementine Esteve, Pascal Chavanet, François-Xavier Catherine, Mathieu Blot, Lionel Piroth
Bienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.