Article ; Online: Utilization and Impact of Symptomatic and Exposure SARS-CoV-2 Testing in K-12 Schools.
2023 Volume 152, Issue Suppl 1
Abstract: Objectives: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that schools can offer severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) diagnostic (on-demand) testing for students and staff with coronavirus disease 2019 symptoms or ... ...
Abstract | Objectives: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that schools can offer severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) diagnostic (on-demand) testing for students and staff with coronavirus disease 2019 symptoms or exposures. Data related to the uptake, implementation, and effect of school-associated on-demand diagnostic testing have not been described. Methods: The Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics Underserved Populations Return to School program provided resources to researchers to implement on-demand SARS-CoV-2 testing in schools. This study describes the strategies used and uptake among the different testing programs. Risk of positivity was compared for symptomatic and exposure testing during the δ and ο variant periods. We estimated the number of school absence days saved with school-based diagnostic testing. Results: Of the 16 eligible programs, 7 provided school-based on-demand testing. The number of persons that participated in these testing programs is 8281, with 4134 (49.9%) receiving >1 test during the school year. Risk of positivity was higher for symptomatic testing compared with exposure testing and higher during the ο variant predominant period compared with the δ variant predominant period. Overall, access to testing saved an estimated 13 806 absent school days. Conclusions: School-based on-demand SARS-CoV-2 testing was used throughout the school year, and nearly half the participants accessed testing on more than 1 occasion. Future studies should work to understand participant preferences around school-based testing and how these strategies can be used both during and outside of pandemics. |
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MeSH term(s) | United States/epidemiology ; Humans ; SARS-CoV-2 ; COVID-19/diagnosis ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; COVID-19 Testing ; Acceleration |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2023-06-28 |
Publishing country | United States |
Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural |
ZDB-ID | 207677-9 |
ISSN | 1098-4275 ; 0031-4005 |
ISSN (online) | 1098-4275 |
ISSN | 0031-4005 |
DOI | 10.1542/peds.2022-060352I |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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