ArticleMayo Clinic proceedings2012
Effectiveness of patient-collected swabs for influenza testing.
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- Autonomous swab robot for naso- and oropharyngeal COVID-19 screening.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Routine saliva testing for SARS-CoV-2 in children: Methods for partnering with community childcare centers.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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- Requirements and Study Designs for U.S. Regulatory Approval of Influenza Home Tests.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2022Review
- Evaluation of the Practicability of Biosynex Antigen Self-Test COVID-19 AG+ for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid Protein from Self-Collected Nasal Mid-Turbinate Secretions in the General Public in France.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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- Role of the otolaryngologist in nasopharyngeal swab training: A case report and review of the literature.Otolaryngology case reports · 2021Article
- Efficacy of Unsupervised Self-Collected Mid-Turbinate FLOQSwabs for the Diagnosis of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).Viruses · 2021Article
- Evaluating an app-guided self-test for influenza: lessons learned for improving the feasibility of study designs to evaluate self-tests for respiratory viruses.BMC infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Evaluating Specimen Quality and Results from a Community-Wide, Home-Based Respiratory Surveillance Study.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2021Article
- Return to Work: Managing Employee Population Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Population health management · 2021Article
- Evolution of Specimen Self-Collection in the COVID-19 Era: Implications for Population Health Management of Infectious Disease.Population health management · 2021Review
- SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: a review of molecular diagnostic tools including sample collection and commercial response with associated advantages and limitations.Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry · 2021Review
- Active surveillance for acute respiratory infections among pediatric long-term care facility staff.American journal of infection control · 2020Article
- Rapid Fabrication of Sterile Medical Nasopharyngeal Swabs by Stereolithography for Widespread Testing in a Pandemic.Advanced engineering materials · 2020Article
- Self-Collected versus Healthcare Worker-Collected Swabs in the Diagnosis of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare the effectiveness of self-collected and health care worker (HCW)-collected nasal swabs for detection of influenza viruses and determine the patients' preference for type of collection. PATIENTS AND
methodsWe enrolled adult patients presenting with influenzalike illness to the Emergency Department at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, from January 28, 2011, through April 30, 2011. Patients self-collected a midturbinate nasal flocked swab from their right nostril following written instructions. A second swab was then collected by an HCW from the left nostril. Swabs were tested for influenza A and B viruses by real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, and percent concordance between collection methods was determined.
resultsOf the 72 paired specimens analyzed, 25 were positive for influenza A or B RNA by at least one of the collection methods (34.7% positivity rate). When the 14 patients who had prior health care training were excluded, the qualitative agreement between collection methods was 94.8% (55 of 58). Two of the 58 specimens (3.4%) from patients without health care training were positive only by HCW collection, and 1 of 58 (1.7%) was positive only by patient self-collection. A total of 53.4% of patients (31 of 58) preferred the self-collection method over the HCW collection, and 25.9% (15 of 58) had no preference.
conclusionSelf-collected midturbinate nasal swabs provide a reliable alternative to HCW collection for influenza A and B virus real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction.
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