Open AccessCycle Threshold to Test Positivity in COVID-19 for Return to Work Clearance in Health Care Workers
Author(s) -
Sandra Domeracki,
Robert N Clapp,
Kristopher Taylor,
Chuanyi M. Lu,
Harry Lampiris,
Paul D. Blanc
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of occupational and environmental medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.712
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1536-5948
pISSN - 1076-2752
DOI - 10.1097/jom.0000000000001996
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , real time polymerase chain reaction , test (biology) , biology , paleontology , biochemistry , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , gene
To ascertain whether reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) cycle amplifications until detection, the cycle threshold (Ct), could help inform return to work (RTW) strategies for health care workers (HCWs) recovering from COVID-19 infection.