Pitfall of Universal Pre-Admission Screening for SARS-CoV-2 in a Low Prevalence Country
subject: covid-19, SARS-CoV-2, universal screening
description: It is unclear whether universal PCR screening for SARS-CoV-2 in asymptomatic individuals prior to admission is useful. From April to December 2020, the positive rate of universal pre-admission screening was 0.005% (4/76,521) in a tertiary care hospital in Korea. The positive rates were not different between the periods (period 1 (daily new patients of
creator: Sung-Han Kim, Mi-Na Kim, Jiwon Jung, Jinyeong Kim, Joon Seo Lim, Eun Ok Kim
source: Epidemiology and Health
publisher: Korean Society of Epidemiology
date: 2021
coverage: Microbiology