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Benefit and cost of repeating a severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test after the second day of hospitalization in five hospitals during various community prevalences and vaccination rates

Part of: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2022

Rene Bulnes ,
Mina Said ,
Melissa Bronstein ,
Jennifer Gutowski ,
Karan Alag ,
Jonathan Bress ,
Amber Dellefave ,
Dawn Riedy ,
Jose Alcantara  and
Hiloni Bhavsar
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Rene Bulnes
Affiliation:
Medicine Department, Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, New York
Mina Said
Affiliation:
Medicine Department, Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, New York
Melissa Bronstein
Affiliation:
Quality and Safety Department, Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, New York
Jennifer Gutowski
Affiliation:
Quality and Safety Department, Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, New York
Karan Alag
Affiliation:
Health Informatics, Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, New York
Jonathan Bress
Affiliation:
Medicine Department, Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, New York
Amber Dellefave
Affiliation:
Quality and Safety Department, Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, New York
Dawn Riedy
Affiliation:
Pathology Department, Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, New York
Jose Alcantara
Affiliation:
Health Informatics, Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, New York
Hiloni Bhavsar
Affiliation:
Quality and Safety Department, Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, New York
Bryan Gargano
Affiliation:
Executive Leadership, Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, New York
Emil Lesho*
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Department, Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, New York
*
Author for correspondence: Emil Lesho, E-mail: carolinelesho@yahoo.com
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Abstract

At our hospital, universal severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing was performed upon admission and again after 2 inpatient days. As community-wide prevalence, admission, and vaccination rates varied, the number needed to benefit fluctuated between 16 and 769 and the cost per additional detection fluctuated between $800 and $29,400. These 2 metrics were negatively associated with new hospital admissions. No other community indicator was associated with the number needed to benefit and cost per additional detection.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 44 , Issue 1 , January 2023 , pp. 106 - 109
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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