SARS-CoV-2 Screening Testing in Schools: A Comparison of School- Vs. Home-Based Collection Methods

Erin Chung; Ariana Magedson; Anne Emanuels; Kyle Luiten; Brian Pfau; Melissa Truong; Eric J Chow; James P Hughes; Timothy M Uyeki; Janet A Englund; Deborah A Nickerson; Christina M Lockwood; Jay Shendure; Lea M Starita; Helen Y Chu

doi:10.1093/jpids/piac097

SARS-CoV-2 Screening Testing in Schools: A Comparison of School- Vs. Home-Based Collection Methods

J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2022 Dec 5;11(11):522-524. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piac097.

Authors

Erin Chung¹, Ariana Magedson², Anne Emanuels², Kyle Luiten², Brian Pfau³, Melissa Truong^{3

4}, Eric J Chow², James P Hughes^{5

6}, Timothy M Uyeki⁷, Janet A Englund^{1

8}, Deborah A Nickerson^{3

4}, Christina M Lockwood^{3

9}, Jay Shendure³, Lea M Starita^{3

4}, Helen Y Chu²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA.
² Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
³ Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
⁴ Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
⁵ Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
⁶ Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
⁷ Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁸ Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA.
⁹ Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Abstract

We implemented a voluntary SARS-CoV-2 screening testing study for kindergarten-2nd grade students in a Washington School district. Weekly SARS-CoV-2 testing participation was higher for students with staff-collected nasal swabs at school than for students with parent-collected swabs at home.

Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; school testing; schools; screening; swab collection.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

COVID-19* / diagnosis
Humans
SARS-CoV-2*
Schools

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding