Use of a Screening Protocol to Identify Asymptomatic COVID-19 in a Free Community Health Clinic in Shelby County, Alabama, October 2020-February 2021.

James R KilgoreJustin R JohnstonBarbara Van Der PolPeng LiMark WilsonWilliam CurryCynthia Selleck

Published in: Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) (2022)

The CHHC SARS-CoV-2 screening protocol, as validated by SARS-CoV-2 assay, was effective in screening out asymptomatic patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 before they were seen in clinic. As clinics and office practices return to prepandemic volumes, the use of such a screening protocol can help mitigate the risk of serious COVID-19 infection, especially for unvaccinated patients, health care providers, and staff.

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