Rapid respiratory panel test for non-COVID-19 pathogen examinations among frontline medical personnel in Taiwan

Several studies have recommended that medical personnel with suspicious symptoms (including fever, cough, diarrhea, muscle pain, and loss of smell) clearly receive SARS-CoV-2 testing and at least 14 days of quarantine (close contact with COVID-19 patients without appropriate infection prevention) [1...

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Published in:Environmental health and preventive medicine 2021-02, Vol.26 (1), p.22-22, Article 22
Main Authors: Chen, Yu-Chih, Lai, Huei-Wen, Hou, I-Lun, Hsieh, Pei-You, Wang, Po-Yu, Ni, Ting-Yuan, Chou, Chu-Chung, Lin, Yan-Ren
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adenoviruses
Adult
Coronaviruses
Cough
COVID-19
COVID-19 - diagnosis
COVID-19 - prevention & control
Cross Infection - diagnosis
Cross Infection - prevention & control
Deoxyribonucleic acid
Diarrhea
Disease transmission
DNA
Enteroviruses
Female
Fever
Health Personnel - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Infections
Letter to the Editor
Male
Medical personnel
Middle Aged
Muscles
Pain
Parainfluenza
Pathogens
Quarantine
Respiratory syncytial virus
Respiratory Tract Diseases - diagnosis
Respiratory Tract Diseases - etiology
Respiratory Tract Diseases - prevention & control
Respiratory Tract Diseases - virology
Rhinovirus
Ribonucleic acid
RNA
RNA viruses
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Smell
Taiwan - epidemiology
Viral diseases
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Summary:Several studies have recommended that medical personnel with suspicious symptoms (including fever, cough, diarrhea, muscle pain, and loss of smell) clearly receive SARS-CoV-2 testing and at least 14 days of quarantine (close contact with COVID-19 patients without appropriate infection prevention) [1]. Medical personnel (n = 105) Sex  Male 19 (18.1%)  Female 86 (81.9%) Age (years)  < 31 43 (41.0%)  31–40 40 (38.1%)  41–50 18 (17.1%)  51–60 4 (3.8%) Detected virus No. (%) Rhinovirus/enterovirus RNA 18 (17.1%) Coronavirus OC43 RNA 2 (1.9%) Coronavirus NL63 RNA 2 (1.9%) Adenovirus DNA 2 (1.9%) Parainfluenza virus 4 2 (1.9%) Respiratory syncytial virus RNA 1 (1.0%) Coronavirus HKU1 RNA 1 (1.0%) Among the medical personnel (with suspected symptoms), our results demonstrated that 24.7% tested positive for non-COVID pathogens. [...]we recommend that the quarantine period should be at least 7 days for (suspected symptoms) medical personnel who are negative for all pathogens (including COVID-19 and FILMARRAY Respiratory Panels).
ISSN:1342-078X
1347-4715
DOI:10.1186/s12199-021-00945-1