Abstract
We describe an approach to the evaluation and isolation of hospitalized persons under investigation (PUIs) for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) at a large US academic medical center. Only a small proportion (2.9%) of PUIs with 1 or more repeated severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) after a negative NAAT were diagnosed with COVID-19.
MeSH terms
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Academic Medical Centers
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Boston
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COVID-19 / diagnosis*
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COVID-19 Testing / statistics & numerical data*
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Communicable Disease Control / methods
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Hospitalization
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Humans
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Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques
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Patient Isolation / statistics & numerical data*
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Practice Patterns, Physicians' / organization & administration
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Practice Patterns, Physicians' / standards*
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Retrospective Studies
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SARS-CoV-2