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Editor, Senior Moderator
Open Forum Infect Dis
. 2023 Mar 3;10(3)
fad114.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofad114. eCollection 2023 Mar.
When Should Healthcare Workers With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Return to Work? An Analysis of Follow-up Antigen Test Results After a Positive COVID Test
Anthony Baffoe-Bonnie[SUP] 1 2 3 4 [/SUP], Mandy C Swann[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Hyun Sue Kim[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
A high percentage of healthcare workers (HCWs) who had met the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria for returning to work 5 days after symptom onset remained positive for their return-to-work COVID-19 antigen test, suggesting continued infectiousness. Boosted HCWs were more likely to be antigen positive on their return-to-work test compared to unvaccinated HCWs, which merits further research.
Keywords: COVID-19; healthcare worker; return-to-work antigen; vaccination status.
. 2023 Mar 3;10(3)
fad114.doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofad114. eCollection 2023 Mar.
When Should Healthcare Workers With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Return to Work? An Analysis of Follow-up Antigen Test Results After a Positive COVID Test
Anthony Baffoe-Bonnie[SUP] 1 2 3 4 [/SUP], Mandy C Swann[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Hyun Sue Kim[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 36968971
- PMCID: PMC10034753
- DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad114
Abstract
A high percentage of healthcare workers (HCWs) who had met the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria for returning to work 5 days after symptom onset remained positive for their return-to-work COVID-19 antigen test, suggesting continued infectiousness. Boosted HCWs were more likely to be antigen positive on their return-to-work test compared to unvaccinated HCWs, which merits further research.
Keywords: COVID-19; healthcare worker; return-to-work antigen; vaccination status.