Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) offers both symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 testing programmes to staff at its four teaching hospitals in Oxfordshire, UK. OUH offers both symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 staff testing programs, defining a Health Care Worker (HCW) as anyone working at its four teaching hospital sites in Oxfordshire, UK. 12,411 healthcare workers (HCWs) have undergone serological testing to date; this analysis includes all 3217 HCWs who attended more than once for antibody testing. SARS-CoV-2 PCR testing of nasal and oropharyngeal swabs for all symptomatic (new persistent cough, fever ?37.8°C, anosmia/ageusia) staff was offered from 27-March-2020 onwards. PCR-positive results from community-based symptomatic testing of OUH HCWs forwarded by public health agencies were also included.
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