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DECEMBER 28, 2022

No Need for PreProcedure and Pre-Admission COVID-19 Testing for Asymptomatic Patients


Originally published by our sister publication Infectious Disease Special Edition

By IDSE News Staff

Healthcare facilities should no longer routinely screen asymptomatic patients for COVID-19 upon admission or before procedures, according to a recommendation from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA).

Calling the testing “resource intensive,” healthcare facilities should rely instead on enhanced layers of infection prevention interventions, the recommendations said.