Self-Collected Nasal Swabs for Respiratory Virus Surveillance. (17th October 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jackson, Michael L.; Nguyen, Matthew; Kirlin, Beth; Madziwa, Lawrence
• Is Part Of: Open forum infectious diseases. Volume 2:Number 4(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-10-17
• Subjects: detection -- human -- influenza -- public health surveillance; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Medical microbiology -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; 616.9
• DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofv152
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2328-8957

Abstract

Abstract: We tested whether 135 patients reporting acute respiratory illness (ARI) could self-collect nasal swab specimens and ship them for laboratory testing. Most subjects (78.2%) collected and shipped their specimens without errors; 10.5% excluded ≥1 packing components; 12.9% made ≥1 packing errors. Self-swabbing at home is feasible for confirming ARI etiology.