Acceptance of Saliva-Based Specimen Collection for SARS-CoV-2 Testing Among K-12 Students, Teachers, and Staff.
Heather P McLaughlinMary Claire WorrellSara MalonePatrick DawsonBrett MaricqueJessica L HalpinSooji LeeStephanie A FritzSarah C TinkerJulie A NeidichKatie TownsJustin S LeeLisa C BarriosJohn C NeatherlinJason G NewlandJohanna S Salzernull nullPublished in: Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) (2022)
Some students, especially those in elementary school, preferred saliva-based COVID-19 testing to nasal swab testing. Use of saliva-based testing might increase voluntary participation in screening efforts in K-12 schools to help prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2.