Point-of-care rapid antigen testing for COVID-19 at a tertiary eye care facility: Role in commencement of elective surgeries, contact tracing and implementation of back-to-work policy

Conclusion: Based on our preliminary results, we suggest that PoC-RAT may be considered routinely for indication-based preoperative screening of asymptomatic patients, and for on-campus screening, contact tracing and implementation of BTW policies for HCPs and ancillary hospital staff at a tertiary level eye care facility.

Source: Indian Journal of Ophthalmology - March 16, 2021 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Devjyoti Tripathy Avik Kumar Roy Rohit C Khanna Subhadra Jalali Bharat Panigrahy Deepthi Chandran Parija Suryasnata Rath Source Type: research