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Experience of a novel community testing programme for COVID-19 in London: Lessons learnt

Gabriel Wallis, Francesca Siracusa, Michael Blank, Helena Painter, Javier Sanchez, Kelcy Salinas, Cherifer Mamuyac, Cindy Marudamuthu, Fenella Wrigley, Tumena Corrah, Tommy Rampling, Sarah Logan, Anna Goodman, Deborah Miller, Bhanu Williams, Alastair McGregor, Victoria Parris, Gurjinder Sandhu, Laurence John, Padmasayee Papineni and Ashley Whittington
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0436
Clin Med September 2020
Gabriel Wallis
ALondon North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, Harrow, UK
Roles: specialist registrar in infectious diseases
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Francesca Siracusa
BImperial College London Faculty of Medicine, London, UK
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Michael Blank
CLondon North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, Harrow, UK
Roles: junior doctor in infectious diseases
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Helena Painter
CLondon North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, Harrow, UK
Roles: junior doctor in infectious diseases
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Javier Sanchez
DLondon North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, Harrow, UK
Roles: senior nurse in infectious diseases
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Kelcy Salinas
DLondon North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, Harrow, UK
Roles: senior nurse in infectious diseases
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Cherifer Mamuyac
DLondon North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, Harrow, UK
Roles: senior nurse in infectious diseases
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Cindy Marudamuthu
ELondon North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, Harrow, UK
Roles: matron in infectious diseases
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Fenella Wrigley
FLondon Ambulance Service NHS Trust, London, UK
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Tumena Corrah
GLondon North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, Harrow, UK
Roles: consultant in infectious diseases
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Tommy Rampling
HThe Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, UK; and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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Sarah Logan
IThe Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, UK; and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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Anna Goodman
JGuy's and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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Deborah Miller
KGuy's and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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Bhanu Williams
LLondon North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, Harrow, UK
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Alastair McGregor
GLondon North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, Harrow, UK
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Victoria Parris
GLondon North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, Harrow, UK
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Gurjinder Sandhu
GLondon North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, Harrow, UK
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Laurence John
GLondon North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, Harrow, UK
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Padmasayee Papineni
GLondon North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, Harrow, UK
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Ashley Whittington
GLondon North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, Harrow, UK
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    Graph showing number of people referred for testing by date, with labels indicating additions to the COVID-19 case definition by Public Health England, from commencement of screening on 25 January 2020 until the end of the programme on 13 March 2020. Key to full case definition changes: (a) Mainland China; (b) Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, Republic of Korea, Taiwan, Thailand; (c) Italy, Iran, Vietnam, Myanmar and Laos.

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    Table 1.

    Demographic data and screening reason for patients from London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

    CharacteristicNumber (%)
    Total865 (100)
    COVID-19-positive43 (4.97)
    Gender
    Male400 (46.2)
    Female465 (53.8)
    Age category
    0–15143 (16.5)
    16–30201 (23.2)
    31–45327 (37.8)
    46–60137 (15.8)
    61–7551 (5.9)
    75+6 (0.69)
    Travel destination/reason screened
    Italy273 (31.5)
    Contact with a confirmed case198 (22.9)
    Thailand110 (12.7)
    Singapore48 (5.5)
    Iran40 (4.6)
    Information not available38 (4.4)
    Malaysia37 (4.2)
    China35 (4.0)
    Japan31 (3.6)
    Hong Kong29 (3.4)
    Other12 (1.4)
    South Korea10 (1.2)
    Vietnam4 (0.5)

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Experience of a novel community testing programme for COVID-19 in London: Lessons learnt
Gabriel Wallis, Francesca Siracusa, Michael Blank, Helena Painter, Javier Sanchez, Kelcy Salinas, Cherifer Mamuyac, Cindy Marudamuthu, Fenella Wrigley, Tumena Corrah, Tommy Rampling, Sarah Logan, Anna Goodman, Deborah Miller, Bhanu Williams, Alastair McGregor, Victoria Parris, Gurjinder Sandhu, Laurence John, Padmasayee Papineni, Ashley Whittington
Clinical Medicine Sep 2020, 20 (5) e165-e169; DOI: 10.7861/clinmed.2020-0436

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Experience of a novel community testing programme for COVID-19 in London: Lessons learnt
Gabriel Wallis, Francesca Siracusa, Michael Blank, Helena Painter, Javier Sanchez, Kelcy Salinas, Cherifer Mamuyac, Cindy Marudamuthu, Fenella Wrigley, Tumena Corrah, Tommy Rampling, Sarah Logan, Anna Goodman, Deborah Miller, Bhanu Williams, Alastair McGregor, Victoria Parris, Gurjinder Sandhu, Laurence John, Padmasayee Papineni, Ashley Whittington
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