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

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 fa...

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Main Authors:	M. Moraz, D. Jacot, M. Papadimitriou-Olivgeris, L. Senn, G. Greub, K. Jaton, O. Opota
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2020-11-01
Series:	New Microbes and New Infections
Subjects:	Asymptomatic patients coronavirus disease 2019 infection control pre-hospitalization RT-PCR screening
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297520301724

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spelling	doaj-0e0c6d56e6f64c72b9391fcefe9a44282020-12-27T04:29:39ZengElsevierNew Microbes and New Infections2052-29752020-11-0138100820Universal admission screening strategy for COVID-19 highlighted the clinical importance of reporting SARS-CoV-2 viral loadsM. Moraz0D. Jacot1M. Papadimitriou-Olivgeris2L. Senn3G. Greub4K. Jaton5O. Opota6Institute of Microbiology, University of Lausanne and Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, SwitzerlandInstitute of Microbiology, University of Lausanne and Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, SwitzerlandInfectious Diseases Service, University of Lausanne and Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland; Service of Hospital Preventive Medicine, University of Lausanne and Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, SwitzerlandService of Hospital Preventive Medicine, University of Lausanne and Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, SwitzerlandInstitute 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.Institute of Microbiology, University of Lausanne and Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, SwitzerlandInstitute 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.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.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297520301724Asymptomatic patientscoronavirus disease 2019infection controlpre-hospitalizationRT-PCRscreening
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spellingShingle	M. Moraz D. Jacot M. Papadimitriou-Olivgeris L. Senn G. Greub K. Jaton O. Opota Universal admission screening strategy for COVID-19 highlighted the clinical importance of reporting SARS-CoV-2 viral loads New Microbes and New Infections Asymptomatic patients coronavirus disease 2019 infection control pre-hospitalization RT-PCR screening
author_facet	M. Moraz D. Jacot M. Papadimitriou-Olivgeris L. Senn G. Greub K. Jaton O. Opota
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title	Universal admission screening strategy for COVID-19 highlighted the clinical importance of reporting SARS-CoV-2 viral loads
title_short	Universal admission screening strategy for COVID-19 highlighted the clinical importance of reporting SARS-CoV-2 viral loads
title_full	Universal admission screening strategy for COVID-19 highlighted the clinical importance of reporting SARS-CoV-2 viral loads
title_fullStr	Universal admission screening strategy for COVID-19 highlighted the clinical importance of reporting SARS-CoV-2 viral loads
title_full_unstemmed	Universal admission screening strategy for COVID-19 highlighted the clinical importance of reporting SARS-CoV-2 viral loads
title_sort	universal admission screening strategy for covid-19 highlighted the clinical importance of reporting sars-cov-2 viral loads
publisher	Elsevier
series	New Microbes and New Infections
issn	2052-2975
publishDate	2020-11-01
description	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.
topic	Asymptomatic patients coronavirus disease 2019 infection control pre-hospitalization RT-PCR screening
url	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297520301724
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Universal admission screening strategy for COVID-19 highlighted the clinical importance of reporting SARS-CoV-2 viral loads

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