Table 3 Table of the expected percentage reduction in patient infections for the testing policies over the baseline testing strategy for 100 days for a HCW population of 8000 not under lockdown (community transmission restricted as in April 2023), 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 | 0.17 \([\)-1.32, 1.66\(]\) | 0.94 \([\)-0.31, 2.20\(]\) | -0.02 \([\)-1.06, 1.03\(]\) | -0.36 \([\)-1.24, 0.52\(]\) |
PCR and LFD Ward | -0.59 \([\)-2.09, 0.90\(]\) | 0.35 \([\)-0.97, 1.67\(]\) | -0.56 \([\)-1.60, 0.48\(]\) | -0.34 \([\)-1.25, 0.56\(]\) |
PCR only Full | -4.08 \([\)-5.74, -2.41\(]\) | -1.40 \([\)-2.78, -0.01\(]\) | -2.83 \([\)-3.94, -1.71\(]\) | -1.80 \([\)-2.84, -0.76\(]\) |
PCR only Ward | 0.22 \([\)-1.21, 1.64\(]\) | 1.59 \([\)0.20, 2.98\(]\) | 0.71 \([\)-0.35, 1.78\(]\) | 0.78 \([\)-0.16, 1.72\(]\) |