Detection of severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in outpatients: A multicenter comparison of self-collected saline gargle, oral swab, and combined oral-anterior nasal swab to a provider collected nasopharyngeal swab.

Christopher E KandelMatthew YoungMihaela Anca SerbanescuJeff E PowisDavid BulirJames CallahanKevin KatzJanine McCreadyHilary RacherElena SheldrakeDorothy QuonOmid Kyle VojdaniAllison McGeerLee W GoneauChristie Vermeiren

Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2021)

Self-collected saline gargle and an oral-anterior nasal swab have a similar sensitivity to a nasopharyngeal swab for the detection of SARS-CoV-2. These alternative collection techniques are cheap and can eliminate barriers to testing, particularly in underserved populations.

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