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Preparation Work and On-Site Management of Large-Scale COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Testing: Report From the Field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 March 2022

Han Zhao Open the ORCID record for Han Zhao [Opens in a new window] ,
Yan Junhui ,
Zhang Xiuming ,
Huang Lisha ,
Lei Xiaoping ,
Wei Xiaowei ,
Xing Hui  and
Ye Xiaoli
Han Zhao
Affiliation:
Shenzhen Luohu People’s Hospital, Shenzhen, China
Yan Junhui*
Affiliation:
Shenzhen Luohu People’s Hospital, Shenzhen, China
Zhang Xiuming
Affiliation:
Shenzhen Luohu Hospital Group, Shenzhen, China
Huang Lisha
Affiliation:
Shenzhen Luohu People’s Hospital, Shenzhen, China
Lei Xiaoping
Affiliation:
Shenzhen Luohu People’s Hospital, Shenzhen, China
Wei Xiaowei
Affiliation:
Shenzhen Luohu People’s Hospital, Shenzhen, China
Xing Hui
Affiliation:
Shenzhen Luohu People’s Hospital, Shenzhen, China
Ye Xiaoli
Affiliation:
Shenzhen Luohu People’s Hospital, Shenzhen, China
*
Corresponding author: Junhui Yan, Email: 350902816@qq.com.
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Abstract

Routine coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) screening found 1 asymptomatic COVID-19 patient. An emergency sampling team was organized consisting of 1200 health-care workers, and a total of 3.2228 million COVID-19 samples had been collected and detected. This study summarizes the on-site management experience in large-scale COVID-19 nucleic acid testing from various aspects: staff preparation, materials preparation, site layout, logistics support, and information system support. Suggestions are put forward for the deficiencies and parts needing improvement. Such deficiencies included some sampling sites were not properly chosen, different areas were unclearly marked off from each other, and some site moving lines were confounding; how to communicate with the street service workers who had little professional knowledge on the epidemic spread or the working principles of the workflow and site layout; and the way to resolve conflicts on site.

Keywords

COVID-19epidemic prevention and controlCOVID-19 nucleic acid testingpractical experienceinfection prevention and control
Type
Report from the Field
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 17 , 2023 , e144
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc.

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