Table 3. Homeless shelter workers’ self-reported COVID-19 testing type, test locations, and symptoms and mitigation measures around the time of testing among.
| Test event characteristics ^ | Number (% * ) |
| Test type ** | |
| Non-blood test | 170/187 (90.9) |
| Blood test | 9/187 (4.8) |
| Worked while waiting for test results (missing n = 4) | 118/187 (63.1) |
| Testing location | |
| Workplace | 114/187 (61.0) |
| Worked while waiting for result | 97/118 (85.1) |
| Medical provider | 45/187 (24.1) |
| Worked while waiting for result | 16/45 (35.6) |
| Other | 25/187 (13.4) |
| Worked while waiting for result | 5/25 (20.0) |
| Days to get test results | |
| <3 days | 108/187 (57.8) |
| 3–7 days | 62/187 (33.2) |
| +7 days | 9/187 (4.8) |
| Symptomatic 1 month or 2 months after testing event | 58/187 (31.0) |
| Among positive non-blood testing events ^^ | Number (% * ) |
| Symptomatic (n = 21 testing events) | 16/21 (76.2) |
| Worked while having symptoms | 1/16 (6.30) |
| Sought medical care for symptoms | 10/16 (62.5) |
| Delivery of positive test result (n = 15 participants) | |
| Supervisor | 3/15 (20.0) |
| Called testing provider | 1/15 (6.70) |
| Health department staff | 6/15 (40.0) |
| Primary care physician | 1/15 (6.70) |
| Other | 2/15 (13.3) |
| Management instructions after COVID-19 diagnosis (n = 15 participants) | |
| Stay home and isolate | 12/15 (80.0) |
| Continue to work | 0/15 (0.0) |
| No instruction provided | 2/15 (13.3) |
| Where they thought they were infected (n = 15 participants) | |
| Home or in Community | 0/15 (0.0) |
| Work | 12/15 (80.0) |
| Don’t know where | 2/15 (13.3) |
^ N = 187 tests from 77 participants.
^^ n = 21 tests from 15 participants.
*Some categories may not sum to 100% due to missing data.
**Non-blood tests were assumed to be molecular testing while blood tests were assumed to be serological tests.