Monitoring of Antigen Test results in healthcare workers with active SARS-CoV-2 infection
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https://doi.org/10.4321/s0465-546x2022000100003Keywords:
Healthcare worker; Rapid Antigen Test; SARS-CoV-2Abstract
Introduction: The introduction of the Antigen Test as a valid test to assess the discharge of a healthcare worker affected by SARS-CoV-2, represents an important change for the Prevention Services of health centers, for which it is decided to study the results obtained from these tests, in a hospital in the Community of Madrid for a certain time in a period of high transmissibility, assessing the time it takes for a worker with active SARS-CoV-2 infection to make an Antigen Test negative.
Method: Observational, descriptive, retrospective study carried out at the Infanta Cristina University Hospital in Parla (Madrid) from January 11, 2022 to February 21, 2022, in which variables such as sex, age, vaccination, category professional and previous SARS-CoV-2 infection and its influence on the negative time of an Antigen Test.
Results: A total of 164 healthcare workers were affected by Covid-19 during the period studied, of which 74 (45,1%) tested positive for Antigen Test 7 days after the start of the infection, reaching up to the 13th day 4 workers (2.4%).
Conclusions: It is shown that having had a previous Covid-19 infection influences the time it takes for an Antigen Test to become negative; decreasing it, in health workers with active SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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