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Rapid Review: What COVID-19 testing requirements and/or recommendations do high-income countries currently have in place in healthcare and long-term care settings?
Current national COVID-19 testing policies in healthcare range from universal to context-dependent recommendations based on suspected transmission, vaccination status, presence of symptoms, and/or risk of exposure. National guidance is likely adapted locally with consideration of the trade-off between mitigating spread with available resources, outbreak status, and community rates of COVID-19.
Citation:
National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools. (2022, July 18). Rapid Review: What COVID-19 testing requirements and/or recommendations do high-income countries currently have in place in healthcare and long-term care settings? https://nccmt.ca/pdfs/res/role-of-testing
Public health topic area:
Policy
Review question:
Population
Locations
• Hospitals, including specific departments (emergency medicine, surgery, etc.)
• Long-term care (LTC)
• Outpatient clinics
• Retirement homes
• Nursing homes
Populations
• Patients (including admissions and readmissions)
• Visitors
• Staff (including physicians, nurses, etc.)
• Support persons
• Residents
Intervention
Testing policies, requirements, and/or recommendations
Outcomes
Outcomes in the literature sources related to testing effectiveness, including, but not limited to:
• Rates of transmission
• Early identification of positive cases
• Cost (monetary, personnel hours, etc.)
Setting
High-income countries;
Studies published Jun 1, 2021 – present (for published literature);
Government policies, guidance, and recommendations released Jan 1, 2022 – present (for jurisdictional scan)
Search Updated:
Jun 27, 2022
Review Completed:
Jul 18, 2022
