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COVID19 - a guide to information resources
- About this guide
- Current Research
- Evidence Summaries
- Guidelines
- Statistics and Datasets
- eLearning
- Toolkits for Clinicians
- Information for Patients
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Aerosol Generating Procedures (AGPs) and Resuscitation
- Health and Wellbeing
- Tests and Testing
- Vaccines
- BAME and COVID19
- Second Phase Response / Impact of C-19 on services
- International Organisations, Government and Health websites
- Social Media and Media
- Guides to Resources
- Regular Updates
- Search Aids
Tests and Testing
These links are to resources and guidelines available on the internet. Ambulance Trusts may have specific arrangements for teasing. You should consult your Trust intranet or Trust communications to see if and how guidelines are being applied within your Trust.
Guidance and Policy
- Guidance Coronavirus (COVID-19): getting testedPublisher: Department of Health and Social Care
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): antibody testsPublisher: Department of Health and Social Care
- Guidance: COVID-19: guidance for taking swab samplesPublisher: Public Health England
- COVID-19 - obtaining an upper respiratory tract diagnostic sample Publication Date: 20 March 2020Publisher: Health Protection Scotland
- Guidance NHS test and trace: workplace guidancePublisher: Department of Health and Social Care
- Getting back on track: control of covid-19 outbreaks in the communityPublisher: BMJ Author: Roderick, Peter
- For patients, the public and professional users: a guide to COVID-19 tests and testing kitsPublisher: Medicines & Healthcare products
Regulatory Agency - LEARNING LESSONS FOR THE NEXT PHASE OF THE NATIONAL COVID-19 TESTING STRATEGYPublisher: NHS Providers
- NHS TESTING AND TRACING 12 Tests of WinterPublisher: NHS Providers
Resources
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): scaling up testing programmesPublisher: Department of Health and Social Care
- Testing times: the government’s approach to Covid-19 testing [Explainer]Publisher: The King's Fund
- NHS Test and Trace [Resources - England Only]Publisher: Public Health England
- What is the purpose of testing for COVID-19?Publisher: UK Research and Innovation
Evidence
- In patients of COVID-19, what are the symptoms and clinical features of mild and moderate cases?Publisher: Centre for Evidence Based Medicine
- Interpreting a covid-19 test resultPublisher: BMJ Authors: Watson, J. & Whiting, P.F.
- Loss of smell and taste as symptoms of COVID-19: what does the evidence say?Publisher: Oxford Centre for Evidence Based Medicine
- Rapid scan 3: Impacts of lifting restrictionsPublisher: The Strategy Unit
- Rapid scan 4: Screening and testing strategiesPublisher: The Strategy Unit
- Symptom Criteria for COVID‐19 Testing of Heath Care WorkersPublisher: Academic Emergency Medicine Author: Clemency, B., et al.
- Swabs Collected by Patients or Health Care Workers for SARS-CoV-2 Testing [Letter]Publisher: NEJM Author: Tu, Y-P, et al .
- Key issues relating to contact tracing for consideration by NERVTAGPublisher: Public Health England
- Effectiveness of isolation, testing, contact tracing, and physical distancing on reducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in different settings: a mathematical modelling studyPublisher: The Lancet Author: Kucharski, Adam J., et al.
- What is the evidence to support the 2-metre social distancing rule to reduce COVID-19 transmission?Publisher: CEBM Author: Qureshi, Zeshan et al.
- Rapid roll out of SARS-CoV-2 antibody testing—a concernPublisher: BMJ Author: Andersson, Monique
- Covid-19 antibody tests: a briefingPublisher: BMJ Author: Baraniuk,Chris
- Antibody tests for identification of current and past infection with SARS‐CoV‐2Publisher: Cochrane Library Author: Deeks, Jonathan J.
- Diagnostic accuracy of serological tests for covid-19: systematic review and meta-analysisPublisher: BMJ Author: Bastos, M. L. et al.
- Screening of healthcare workers for SARS-CoV-2 highlights the role of asymptomatic carriage in COVID-19 transmission.Publisher: eLife Author: Rivett L et al.
- Antibody tests for identification of current and past infection with SARS‐CoV‐2Publisher: Cochrane Library Author: Deeks, Jonathan J.
- Impact of delays on effectiveness of contact tracing strategies for COVID-19: a modelling studyPublisher: The Lancet Author: Kretzschmar, Mirjam E et al.
- Rapid Decay of Anti–SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies in Persons with Mild Covid-19Publisher: New England Journal of Medicine
- Drive-through testing for SARS-CoV-2 in symptomatic health and social care workers and household members: an observational cohort studyPublisher: BMJ Thorax Author: Parcell,P.J.
- False-positive COVID-19 results: hidden problems and costsPublisher: The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
- NHS Test and Trace performance trackerPublisher: Health Foundation
Media
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): scaling up testing programmesPublisher: Department of Health and Social Care
- Covid antibody test a 'positive development'Publisher: BBC
- Press release Coronavirus testing extended to all essential workers in England who have symptomsPublisher: Department of Health and Social Care
- Press release Coronavirus testing extended to all essential workers in England who have symptomsPublisher: Department of Health and Social Care
- Press Release Major home testing programme for coronavirus will track levels of infection in the communityPublisher: Department of Health and Social Care
- New saliva test for coronavirus piloted in SouthamptonPublisher: department of Health and Social Care
- Testing times: the government’s approach to Covid-19 testing. Covid-19 explainerPublisher: King's Fund
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