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. 2024 Mar 20;81(4):184–190. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2023-109184

Table 1.

Test numbers and exclusions

Exclusion reason (in order) Excluded tests Remaining tests
Total 80 077
Missing/invalid test outcome 200 79 877
Missing test date 0 79 877
Missing job category 267 79 610
Visitor job category 5030 74 580
Missing site 0 74 580
Missing sex 0 74 580
Missing age group 1 74 579
Missing test type 601 74 579
Multiple tests in single day* 132 74 447
Tests after first testing positive 2968 70 878

*Duplicates deleted; 17 people had both negative and positive tests of which one positive test was kept. Of those with matching outcomes, 31 people had different test reasons of which the highest priority one was kept in this order: symptoms, close contact, broader-defined work contact, screening, missing reason.