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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has triggered a global pandemic. Healthcare workers are placed at an elevated risk of nosocomial cross-infection from clinical exposure. One diagnostic criterion for COVID-19 is a positive result from a real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) assay of pharyngeal swab specimens, which has been a routine procedure for healthcare workers during the outbreak. In the context of a global shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE), we aimed to lower the probability of clinical cross-infection without impacting the results of pharynx sampling through an optimized pharyngeal swab assisted device (OPAD).Methods
To evaluate t"],"journal":["Annals of translational medicine"],"pagination":["319"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7944259"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Application of an optimized pharyngeal swab-assisted device in pharyngeal sampling for COVID-19 patients."],"pmcid":["PMC7944259"],"pubmed_authors":["Tang J","Feng XB","Fang ST","Tian HT","Tong W","Jia J"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Application of an optimized pharyngeal swab-assisted device in pharyngeal sampling for COVID-19 patients.","description":"Background
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has triggered a global pandemic. Healthcare workers are placed at an elevated risk of nosocomial cross-infection from clinical exposure. One diagnostic criterion for COVID-19 is a positive result from a real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) assay of pharyngeal swab specimens, which has been a routine procedure for healthcare workers during the outbreak. In the context of a global shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE), we aimed to lower the probability of clinical cross-infection without impacting the results of pharynx sampling through an optimized pharyngeal swab assisted device (OPAD).Methods
To evaluate t","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 Feb","modification":"2025-04-04T19:24:24.131Z","creation":"2025-02-19T01:39:57.208Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7944259","cross_references":{"pubmed":["33708946"],"doi":["10.21037/atm-20-3612"]}}