{"id":7333,"date":"2020-06-04T13:24:24","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T20:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/?p=7333"},"modified":"2021-03-24T13:25:07","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T20:25:07","slug":"swabs-collected-by-patients-or-health-care-workers-for-sars-cov-2-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2020\/06\/04\/swabs-collected-by-patients-or-health-care-workers-for-sars-cov-2-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Swabs Collected by Patients or Health Care Workers for SARS-CoV-2 Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"34\" data-aria-posinset=\"2019\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tu et al. evaluate<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the sensitivity of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">non-nasopharyngeal swabs\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">self-<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">collected by patients<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">compared to nasopharynx swabs<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">collected\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">by a health care worker<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">for the diagnosis of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">COVID<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">-19.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0The estimated sensitivities of the tongue, nasal, and mid-turbinate\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">self-collected\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">samples<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">were 89.8% (97.5%CI 78.2-100.0), 94.0% (83.8-100.0), and 96.2% (87.0-100.0), respectively.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Tu et al. (June 3, 2020). Swabs Collected by Patients or Health Care Workers for SARS-CoV-2 Testing. The New England Journal of Medicine.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1056\/NEJMc2016321\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1056\/NEJMc2016321<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tu et al. evaluated\u00a0the sensitivity of\u00a0non-nasopharyngeal swabs\u00a0self-collected by patients,\u00a0compared to nasopharynx swabs\u00a0collected\u00a0by a health care worker,\u00a0for the diagnosis of\u00a0COVID-19.\u00a0The estimated sensitivities of the tongue, nasal, and mid-turbinate\u00a0self-collected\u00a0samples\u00a0were 89.8% (97.5%CI 78.2-100.0), 94.0% (83.8-100.0), and 96.2% (87.0-100.0), respectively.\u00a0 Tu et al. (June 3, 2020). Swabs Collected by Patients or Health Care Workers for SARS-CoV-2 Testing. 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