Testing the Asymptomatic Pre-Surgical Population for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2021 Apr;35(4):1262-1265. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2020.08.041. Epub 2020 Aug 26.

¹ Department of Pathology; Department of Laboratory Medicine, Rhode Island State Task Force for COVID-19 Testing and Validation, Rhode Island Department of Health.
² Department of Anesthesiology.
³ Department of Family Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, Lifespan Medical Systems, Providence, RI.

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Publication types

Asymptomatic Infections*
COVID-19 / diagnosis*
COVID-19 / prevention & control*
COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Testing
Female
Humans
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / prevention & control*
Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient / prevention & control*
Mass Screening
Nasopharynx / virology*
Personal Protective Equipment
Pregnancy
Preoperative Care
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Rhode Island
SARS-CoV-2*
Surgical Procedures, Operative*