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To identify important background information on pooled tested of employees that employers workers, and health authorities should consider.
This paper is a commentary based on the review by the authors of pertinent literature generally from preprints in medrixiv.org prior to August 2020.
RESULTS/CONCLUSIONS: Pooled testing may be particularly useful to employers in communities with low prevalence of COVID-19. It can be used to reduce the number of tests and associated financial costs. For effective and efficient pooled testing employers should consider it as part of a broader, more comprehensive workplace COVID-19 prevention and control program. Pooled testing of asymptomatic employees can prevent transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and help assure employers and customers that employees are not infectious.
确定雇主、工人和卫生当局在汇总测试员工时应考虑的重要背景信息。
本文是作者对相关文献的评论,这些文献主要来自 medrixiv.org 上 2020 年 8 月之前的预印本。
结果/结论:在 COVID-19 患病率较低的社区中,汇总测试对雇主可能特别有用。它可用于减少测试数量和相关的财务成本。为了实现有效的汇总测试,雇主应将其视为更广泛、更全面的工作场所 COVID-19 预防和控制计划的一部分。对无症状员工进行汇总测试可以防止 SARS-CoV-2 的传播,并向雇主和客户保证员工没有传染性。