Nose-pharyngeal swabs as a screening test for SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with scheduled elective surgery: the experience of the Hygiene Service of the Local Health Authority Roma 1

G L D'Alò; A Barbara; V Cerabona; A Barca; G Spiga; M Meledandri; M Napoli; E Di Rosa

doi:10.7416/ai.2020.2400

Nose-pharyngeal swabs as a screening test for SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with scheduled elective surgery: the experience of the Hygiene Service of the Local Health Authority Roma 1

Ann Ig. 2021 Jul-Aug;33(4):393-398. doi: 10.7416/ai.2020.2400. Epub 2020 Dec 11.

Authors

G L D'Alò¹, A Barbara¹, V Cerabona¹, A Barca², G Spiga², M Meledandri³, M Napoli¹, E Di Rosa¹

Affiliations

¹ Hygiene Service, Department of Prevention, Local Health Authority 1 of Rome, Piazza di Santa Maria della Pietà 5, 00135 Lazio Region, Italy.
² Directorate for Health and Social and Health Care Integration of Lazio Region, Via Rosa Raimondi Garibaldi 7, 00142 Rome, Lazio Region, Italy.
³ U.O.C. of Microbiology and Virology, San Filippo Neri Hospital, Via Giovanni Martinotti 20, 00135 Rome, Lazio Region, Italy.

PMID: 33300941
DOI: 10.7416/ai.2020.2400

Abstract

The COVID-19 (COrona Virus Disease 2019), due to the SARS-COV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus 2) has been an unprecedented global challenge for the healthcare systems (1).

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
COVID-19 / diagnosis*
COVID-19 / epidemiology
COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Testing* / methods
Elective Surgical Procedures*
Hospital Departments
Humans
Mass Screening / methods
Mass Screening / organization & administration*
Middle Aged
Nasopharynx / virology*
Pandemics*
Preoperative Care*
Public Health Administration
Rome / epidemiology
SARS-CoV-2 / isolation & purification*