Provider attitudes and satisfaction with rapid preoperative point-of-care COVID-19 testing using ID NOW™.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Healthcare workers have experienced high levels of anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly when caring for patients with unknown infection status. We trialled rapid preoperative point-of-care COVID-19 testing using the Abbott ID NOW™ COVID-19 for clinical validation in an urgent surgical population at a single centre in British Columbia, Canada. Here, we sought to determine the opinions and beliefs of operating room (OR) staff on the usefulness and effectiveness of point-of-care tests on workflow and wellbeing in the OR.

Methods

This descriptive study used a mixed-methods cross-sectional survey of all OR staff (nurses, anesthesiologists, surgeons, and ancillary staff) at a single centre after using the ID NOW for three months. Outcomes of interest included

SUBMITTER: Lee SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8296831 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature