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ArticlePLOS global public health2023

Using rapid antigen testing for early, safe return-to-work for healthcare personnel after SARS-CoV-2 infection in a healthcare system in Pakistan: A retrospective cross-sectional study.

Unab Inayat Khan, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Sara Khan, Zahra Hasan, Ahmed Cheema, Asif Hakim, Shehreen Inayat Ali

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Article in PLOS global public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 52% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Unab Inayat KhanDepartment of Family Medicine, Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7002-1726
Syed Faisal MahmoodDepartment of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3390-7659
Sara KhanDepartment of Medicine, Dean's Research Fellow, Section of Infectious Diseases, Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan.
Zahra HasanDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan.
Ahmed CheemaAlumnus, Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan.
Asif HakimDepartment of Family Medicine, Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan.
Shehreen Inayat AliDepartment of Family Medicine, Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan.
Aga Khan University · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anticipating staff shortage during the Omicron variant surge, we modified the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's contingency guidelines at a healthcare system in Pakistan. Infected staff had a SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen test after 5-7 days of isolation, to decide a safe return-to-work. This led to signifcant cost savings without compromising patient/staff safety.

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PMID36963102
PMCPMC10032526
OpenAlexW4353042173

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