Universal preprocedural SARS-CoV-2 testing protocol within a large healthcare system. Issue 10 (9th August 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Squiers, J J; Ghamande, S; Qiu, T; Robinson, C; Bertschy, C; Arroliga, A C; Peters, W
• Is Part Of: British journal of surgery. Volume 108:Issue 10(2021)
• Page Start: e326
• Page End: e327
• Publication Date: 2021-08-09
• Subjects: Surgery -- Periodicals; 617.005
• DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znab216
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0007-1323

Abstract

Abstract : This research letter details the safety of a universal asymptomatic preprocedural SARS-CoV-2 testing protocol implemented within a large, integrated healthcare system. Among over 145 000 tests administered, fewer than 1 in 1000 patients had subsequent positive tests within 10 days of an initial negative SARS-CoV-2 test. Despite the infrequency of positive tests after negative screening tests, patient-to-provider transmission was documented in five instances.