Table 1.
Health care personnel resources recovered during the 5-day early return-to-work program by month
| Period | Number of HCP cleared to RTW early | Frequency of COVID-19 positivity in reference populations |
Program participation measured as proportion of HCP who RTW early, by COVID-19 reporting status‡ |
RTW program days saved |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community-wide testing* | Employee PCR self-collection program† | Eligible for RTW early (self-reporting COVID-19 negative test) | Participating in self-reporting (COVID-19 positive or negative test result) | All HCP reporting COVID-19 positive to employer | Potential | Actual | ||
| January 4, 2022-February 3, 2022 | 131 | 35% | 39% | 82% (281) | 82% (843) | 5,212 | 670 | 616 |
| February 4, 2022-March 3, 2022 | 26 | 13% | 21% | 14% (49) | 13% (133) | 588 | 95 | 78 |
| March 4, 2022-April 3, 2022 | 4 | 5% | 10% | 4% (14) | 5% (47) | 137 | 20 | 20 |
| Overall study period | 161 | 25% | 34% | 34% (344) | 17% (1,023) | 5,937 | 785 | 714 |
HCP, health care personnel; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; RTW, return-to-work.
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Community-wide is defined as HCP and patients combined with COVID-19 tests performed at study facilities.
†
Does not account for unreported at-home results or results performed outside of study facilities.
‡
Proportions are expressed as percentages.