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SARS-CoV-2 /COVID-19 Admission Screening in a University Hospital Setting

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University Hospital Basel

Status

Completed

Conditions

Covid19
SARS-CoV-2

Treatments

Diagnostic Test: Testing for SARS-CoV-2

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04519372
2020-00808

Details and patient eligibility

About

The proportion of asymptomatic carriers of SARS-CoV-2 remains elusive, so the potential benefit of systematic screening during the SARS-CoV-2-pandemic is controversial. We investigate the proportion of asymptomatic inpatients who were identified by systematic screening for SARS-CoV-2 upon hospital admission.

Adult patients admitted to the University Hospital Basel from 01.04.-14.06.2020 were routinely tested for SARS-CoV-2 within 72 hours of admission by nasopharyngeal swabs.

Each patient screened during the study period was retrospectively classified symptomatic or asymptomatic for COVID-19 based on medical chart review.

Enrollment

4,099 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • The patient population is defined as all adult patients hospitalized in the University Hospital Basel from April 1st, 2020 to June 14th, 2020.

Exclusion criteria

  • Outpatients
  • Patients with SARS-CoV-2 screening in the outpatient test center
  • Patients with a SARS-CoV-2 test more than 72 hours before hospital admission
  • Test not performed (for any reason)

Trial contacts and locations

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