October 27, 2020

COVID-19 Serial Testing among Hospitalized Patients in a Midwest Tertiary Medical Center, July–September 2020

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Testing and Treatment

Keywords (Tags): testing

A serial COVID-19 testing program in an Iowa hospital found that out of 1,950 patients that had at least one repeat test during their admission, 19 (1%) converted from negative to positive. While the serial testing program allowed the hospital to detect seven infectious patients sooner and were able to prevent further in-hospital exposure events, the authors note that serial testing was both time and resource intensive. 

Kobayashi et al. (Oct 26, 2020). COVID-19 Serial Testing among Hospitalized Patients in a Midwest Tertiary Medical Center, July–September 2020. Clinical Infectious Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa1630