Table 1.
Comparison of Test Results From All Hospital X Employees, Symptomatic Employees, and Asymptomatic Employees at the Time of Sample Collection
| Variable | Overall | Symptomatica | Asymptomatic | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rRT-PCRb | rRT-PCR | rRT-PCR | |||||||
| Positive | Negative | Row Total (%) | Positive | Negative | Row Total (%) | Positive | Negative | Row Total (%) | |
| Antigenc positive | 86 | 3 | 89 (3.8) | 20 | 0 | 20 (17.4) | 66 | 3 | 69 (3.1) |
| Antigen negative | 66 | 2,184 | 2,250 (96.2) | 4 | 91 | 95 (82.6) | 62 | 2,093 | 2,155 (96.9) |
| Column total (%) | 152 (6.5) | 2,187 (93.5) | 2,339 (100) | 24 (20.9) | 91 (79.1) | 115 (100) | 128 (5.8) | 2,096 (94.2) | 2,224 (100) |
a
A person was considered symptomatic if they had at least 1 of the following: fever, cough, sore throat, dyspnea, chills, headache, muscle aches, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, loss of taste, or loss of smell.
b
PerkinElmer SARS-CoV-2 rRT-PCR diagnostic assay.
c
BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag Card test.