Table 2 The expected percentage reduction in nosocomial infections in HCWs 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 | 1.66 \([\)1.12, 2.21\(]\) | 0.82 \([\)0.42, 1.23\(]\) | 1.06 \([\)0.76, 1.35\(]\) | 0.65 \([\)0.42, 0.89\(]\) |
PCR and LFD Ward | 1.86 \([\)1.29, 2.42\(]\) | 1.33 \([\)0.95, 1.70\(]\) | 1.54 \([\)1.25, 1.84\(]\) | 0.90 \([\)0.68, 1.13\(]\) |
PCR only Full | 3.93 \([\)3.26, 4.60\(]\) | 2.94 \([\)2.45, 3.42\(]\) | 0.75 \([\)0.15, 1.35\(]\) | -0.05 \([\)-0.59, 0.50\(]\) |
PCR only Ward | 4.31 \([\)3.55, 5.07\(]\) | 3.02 \([\)2.55, 3.49\(]\) | 1.03 \([\)0.40, 1.66\(]\) | 0.41 \([\)-0.14, 0.95\(]\) |