Outcomes from an infectious disease physician-guided evaluation of hospitalized persons under investigation for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) at a large US academic medical center.

Caitlin M DugdaleSarah E TurbettSuzanne M McCluskeyKimon C ZacharyErica S ShenoyAndrea L CiaranelloRochelle P WalenskyEric S RosenbergMelis N AnahtarDavid C HooperEmily P Hyle

Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2020)

We describe an approach to the evaluation and isolation of hospitalized persons under investigation (PUIs) for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) at a large US academic medical center. Only a small proportion (2.9%) of PUIs with 1 or more repeated severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) after a negative NAAT were diagnosed with COVID-19.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
sars cov
nucleic acid
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
infectious diseases
emergency department
primary care