Table 1 The expected additional total cost in 1000 pounds (£) of the testing policies over the baseline testing strategy over 100 days not under lockdown (community transmission not restricted as in April 2023) for a HCW population of 8000, with 95\(\%\) prediction intervals
From: Evaluating pooled testing for asymptomatic screening of healthcare workers in hospitals
Low | Medium | High | Very High | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
PCR and LFD Full | 375 \([\)374, 377\(]\) | 386 \([\)385, 387\(]\) | 396 \([\)395, 397\(]\) | 402 \([\)401, 403\(]\) |
PCR and LFD Ward | 92.0 \([\)91.5, 92.5\(]\) | 94.3 \([\)93.9, 94.6\(]\) | 97.4 \([\)97.1, 97.8\(]\) | 99.3 \([\)99.6, 98.9\(]\) |
PCR only Full | 1120 \([\)1100, 1130\(]\) | 1220 \([\)1220, 1230\(]\) | 1320 \([\)1320, 1330\(]\) | 1390 \([\)1380, 1390\(]\) |
PCR only Ward | 258 \([\)255, 261\(]\) | 280 \([\)279, 281\(]\) | 317 \([\)313, 320\(]\) | 317 \([\)315, 319\(]\) |