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COVID-19 testing in healthcare and long-term care settings

Rapid Review: What COVID-19 testing requirements and/or recommendations do high-income countries currently have in place in healthcare and long-term care settings?

Current national COVID-19 testing policies in healthcare range from universal to context-dependent recommendations based on suspected transmission, vaccination status, presence of symptoms, and/or risk of exposure. National guidance is likely adapted locally with consideration of the trade-off between mitigating spread with available resources, outbreak status, and community rates of COVID-19.

Citation:

National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools. (2022, July 18). Rapid Review: What COVID-19 testing requirements and/or recommendations do high-income countries currently have in place in healthcare and long-term care settings? https://nccmt.ca/pdfs/res/role-of-testing

Public health topic area:

Policy

Review question:

Population

Locations • Hospitals, including specific departments (emergency medicine, surgery, etc.) • Long-term care (LTC) • Outpatient clinics • Retirement homes • Nursing homes Populations • Patients (including admissions and readmissions) • Visitors • Staff (including physicians, nurses, etc.) • Support persons • Residents

Intervention

Testing policies, requirements, and/or recommendations

Outcomes

Outcomes in the literature sources related to testing effectiveness, including, but not limited to: • Rates of transmission • Early identification of positive cases • Cost (monetary, personnel hours, etc.)

Setting

High-income countries; Studies published Jun 1, 2021 – present (for published literature); Government policies, guidance, and recommendations released Jan 1, 2022 – present (for jurisdictional scan)

Search Updated:

Jun 27, 2022

Review Completed:

Jul 18, 2022

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