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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
; : 1-3, 2022 Aug 15.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2106249
ABSTRACT
Preprocedural testing for severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is frequently used to reduce perioperative morbidity and mortality during the pandemic. Such testing is resource intensive, and the relative benefits depend on local epidemiology. We propose a threshold of 20 per 100,000 unlinked cases to activate such testing to optimize the yield and positive predictive value.