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. 2020 Mar 12:ciaa256. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa256

A Novel Approach for a Novel Pathogen: using a home assessment team to evaluate patients for 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)

Chloe Bryson-Cahn 1,2,, Jeffrey Duchin 1,3, Vanessa A Makarewicz 2, Meagan Kay 3, Krista Rietberg 2, Nathanael Napolitano 2, Carole Kamangu 2, Timothy H Dellit 1, John B Lynch 1,2
PMCID: PMC7108172  PMID: 32166310

Abstract

Thousands of people in the United States have required testing for SARS-CoV-2. Evaluation for a special pathogen is resource intensive. We report an innovative approach to home assessment that, in collaboration with public health, enables safe evaluation and specimen collection outside the healthcare setting, avoiding unnecessary exposures and resource utilization.

Keywords: novel coronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, home assessment


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