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Healthcare workers (HCW) are potentially at increased risk of infection with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and may transmit severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) to vulnerable patients. We present results from staff testing at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom. Between 16 and 29 March 2020, 1,533 symptomatic HCW were tested, of whom 282 (18%) were positive for SARS-CoV-2. Testing HCW is a crucial strategy to optimise staffing levels during this outbreak.

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Roll-out of SARS-CoV-2 testing for healthcare workers at a large NHS Foundation Trust in the United Kingdom, March 2020
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Alexander+J+Keeley&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Keeley Alexander J</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Cariad+Evans&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Evans Cariad</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Hayley+Colton&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Colton Hayley</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Michael+Ankcorn&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Ankcorn Michael</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Alison+Cope&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Cope Alison</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Amy+State&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">State Amy</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Tracy+Bennett&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Bennett Tracy</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Prosenjit+Giri&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Giri Prosenjit</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Thushan+I+de+Silva&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">de Silva Thushan I</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Mohammad+Raza&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Raza Mohammad</a></span>. Roll-out of SARS-CoV-2 testing for healthcare workers at a large NHS Foundation Trust in the United Kingdom, March 2020. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2020;25(14):pii=2000433. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.14.2000433" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.14.2000433</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 26 Mar 2020;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 07 Apr 2020 </span> </p>
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