Norwich COVID-19 testing initiative pilot: evaluating the feasibility of asymptomatic testing on a university campus

被引：32

作者：

Gillam, T. Berger ^{[1
]}

Cole, J. ^{[1
]}

Gharbi, K. ^{[2
]}

Angiolini, E. ^{[3
]}

Barker, T. ^{[2
]}

Bickerton, P. ^{[4
]}

Brabbs, T. ^{[2
]}

Chin, J. ^{[5
]}

Coen, E. ^{[6
]}

Cossey, S. ^{[7
]}

Davey, R. ^{[7
]}

Davidson, R. ^{[1
]}

Durrant, A. ^{[2
]}

Edwards, D. ^{[1
]}

Hall, N. ^{[7
,8
]}

Henderson, S. ^{[2
]}

Hitchcock, M. ^{[9
]}

Irish, N. ^{[2
]}

Lipscombe, J. ^{[2
]}

Jones, G. ^{[4
]}

Parr, G. ^{[5
]}

Rushworth, S. ^{[1
]}

Shearer, N. ^{[2
]}

Smith, R. ^{[1
]}

Steel, N. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ East Anglia, Fac Med & Hlth Sci, Norwich NR4 7TJ, Norfolk, England

[2] Earlham Inst, Genom Pipelines, Norwich NR4 7UZ, Norfolk, England

[3] Earlham Inst, Sci Training & Educ, Norwich NR4 7UZ, Norfolk, England

[4] Earlham Inst, Commun, Norwich NR4 7UZ, Norfolk, England

[5] Univ East Anglia, Sch Comp Sci, Norwich NR4 7TJ, Norfolk, England

[6] John Innes Ctr, Norwich NR4 7UH, Norfolk, England

[7] Earlham Inst, Norwich NR4 7UZ, Norfolk, England

[8] Univ East Anglia, UEA Biosci, Norwich NR4 7TJ, Norfolk, England

[9] Univ East Anglia, UEA Hlth & Social Care Partners, Norwich Res Pk, Norwich NR4 7TJ, Norfolk, England

来源：

JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH | 2021年 / 43卷 / 01期

基金：

英国生物技术与生命科学研究理事会; 英国科研创新办公室;

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D O I：

10.1093/pubmed/fdaa194

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

Background There is a high prevalence of COVID-19 in university-age students, who are returning to campuses. There is little evidence regarding the feasibility of universal, asymptomatic testing to help control outbreaks in this population. This study aimed to pilot mass COVID-19 testing on a university research park, to assess the feasibility and acceptability of scaling up testing to all staff and students. Methods This was a cross-sectional feasibility study on a university research park in the East of England. All staff and students (5625) were eligible to participate. All participants were offered four PCR swabs, which they self-administered over two weeks. Outcome measures included uptake, drop-out rate, positivity rates, participant acceptability measures, laboratory processing measures, data collection and management measures. Results 798 (76%) of 1053 who registered provided at least one swab; 687 (86%) provided all four; 792 (99%) of 798 who submitted at least one swab had all negative results and 6 participants had one inconclusive result. There were no positive results. 458 (57%) of 798 participants responded to a post-testing survey, demonstrating a mean acceptability score of 4.51/5, with five being the most positive. Conclusions Repeated self-testing for COVID-19 using PCR is feasible and acceptable to a university population.

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