Outcomes of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Drive-Through Screening at an Academic Military Medical Center

David A Lindholm; John L Kiley; Nathan K Jansen; Robert T Hoard; Matthew R Bondaryk; Elizabeth M Stanley; Gadiel R Alvarado; Ana E Markelz; Robert J Cybulski; Jason F Okulicz

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofaa306

Outcomes of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Drive-Through Screening at an Academic Military Medical Center

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Jul 17;7(8):ofaa306. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa306. eCollection 2020 Aug.

Authors

David A Lindholm^{1

2

3}, John L Kiley^{1

2

3}, Nathan K Jansen^{1

2

3}, Robert T Hoard³, Matthew R Bondaryk³, Elizabeth M Stanley⁴, Gadiel R Alvarado^{1

2

3}, Ana E Markelz^{1

2

3}, Robert J Cybulski⁵, Jason F Okulicz^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Disease Service, Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USA.
⁴ Department of Medical Management, Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USA.
⁵ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Services, Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USA.

Abstract

Drive-through coronavirus disease 2019 screening can evaluate large numbers of patients while reducing healthcare exposures and personal protective equipment use. We describe the characteristics of screened individuals as well as drive-through process and outcome measures. Optimal drive-through screening involves rapid turnaround of test results and linkage to follow-up care.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; drive-through.

Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America 2020.