Open AccessPoint-of-care rapid antigen testing for COVID-19 at a tertiary eye care facility: Role in commencement of elective surgeries, contact tracing and implementation of back-to-work policy
Author(s) -
Devjyoti Tripathy,
Aravind Roy,
Rohit C Khanna,
Subhadra Jalali,
Bharat Panigrahy,
Deepthi Chandran Parija,
Suryasnata Rath
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/ijo.ijo_3119_20
Subject(s) - contact tracing , medicine , asymptomatic , tertiary care , discontinuation , covid-19 , point of care , test (biology) , infection control , emergency medicine , medical emergency , nursing , surgery , disease , paleontology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , biology
The aim of this study was to report the use and the impact of a point-of-care rapid antigen test (PoC-RAT) at a tertiary eye care facility in facilitating commencement of elective surgeries, contact tracing of exposed health care professionals (HCPs) and ancillary hospital staff, and implementation of back-to-work (BTW) policy for them.