Effectiveness of a COVID-19 screening questionnaire for pregnant women at admission to an obstetric unit in Milan

Beatrice Tassis; Giovanna Lunghi; Maria P Frattaruolo; Marta Ruggiero; Edgardo Somigliana; Enrico Ferrazzi

doi:10.1002/ijgo.13191

Effectiveness of a COVID-19 screening questionnaire for pregnant women at admission to an obstetric unit in Milan

Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2020 Jul;150(1):124-126. doi: 10.1002/ijgo.13191. Epub 2020 May 23.

Authors

Beatrice Tassis¹, Giovanna Lunghi², Maria P Frattaruolo¹, Marta Ruggiero^{1

3}, Edgardo Somigliana^{1

3}, Enrico Ferrazzi^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Women, Newborns, and Children, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli Center, Milan, Italy.
² Virology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli Center, Milan, Italy.
³ Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.

Abstract

Screening for SARS‐Cov‐2 at hospital admission using a specific questionnaire is less effective than nasopharyngeal swab but more sustainable, hence it can be considered in contexts with low incidence of the virus.

Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus; Obstetrics unit; SARS-Cov-2; Screening.