Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Community Testing Team in Scotland: A 14-day review, 6 to 20 February 2020
Kate Mark, Katie Steel, J. Stevenson, C. J. Evans, Duncan McCormick, Lorna Willocks, Alison McCallum, Laura Jones, Ingólfur Johannessen, Kate Templeton, Oliver Koch, Claire Mackintosh
Abstract
In response to the outbreak of COVID-19, we set up a team to carry out sampling in the community. This enabled individuals to remain in self-isolation in their own homes and to prevent healthcare settings and services from being overwhelmed by admissions for sampling of suspected cases. There is evidence that this is a cost effective, safe and necessary service to complement COVID-19 testing in hospitals.
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)OutbreakMedicineIsolation (microbiology)Sampling (signal processing)Pandemic2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Health careDiseaseMedical emergencyService (business)Family medicineEmergency medicineVirologyComputer scienceInfectious disease (medical specialty)PathologyBusinessEconomicsMarketingComputer visionFilter (signal processing)BiologyMicrobiologyEconomic growthCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesDisaster Response and ManagementCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies