Evolution of Specimen Self-Collection in the COVID-19 Era: Implications for Population Health Management of Infectious Disease.
Popul Health Manag
; 24(S1): S26-S34, 2021 02.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1236198
ABSTRACT
Laboratory testing is an important component in the diagnosis of respiratory tract infections such as with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). However, specimen collection not only risks exposure of health care workers and other patients to infection, but also necessitates use of personal protective equipment that may be in short supply during periods of heightened disease activity. Self-collection of nasal or oropharyngeal swabs offers an alternative to address these drawbacks. Although studies in the past decade have demonstrated the utility of this approach for respiratory infections, it has not been widely adopted in routine clinical practice. The rapid spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by SARS-CoV-2, has focused attention on the need for safe, convenient, timely, and scalable methods for collecting upper respiratory specimens for testing. The goals of this article are to highlight the literature regarding self-collected nasal or oropharyngeal specimens for respiratory pathogen testing; discuss the role of self-collection in helping prevent the spread of the COVID-19 disease from infected patients and facilitating a shift toward "virtual" medicine or telemedicine; and describe the current and future state of self-collection for infectious agents, and the impacts these approaches can have on population health management and disease diagnosis and prevention.
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Texto completo:
Disponible
Colección:
Bases de datos internacionales
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Manejo de Especímenes
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Gestión de la Salud Poblacional
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COVID-19
Tipo de estudio:
Estudios diagnósticos
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Estudio pronóstico
Límite:
Adolescente
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Adulto
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Anciano
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Niño
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Child, preschool
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Humanos
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Lactante
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Middle aged
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Young_adult
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Popul Health Manag
Asunto de la revista:
Salud Pública
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Servicios de Salud
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Pop.2020.0296
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