@article{Munro_K-2025_207450,
title = {Adapting COVID-19 research infrastructure to capture influenza and RSV alongside SARSCoV-2 in UK healthcare workers winter 2022/23: evaluation of the SIREN Winter Pressures pilot study},
author = {Munro, K. and Foulkes, S. and Broad, J. and Sparkes, D. and Atti, A. and Islam, J. and Hopkins, S. and Hall, V. and Russell, S. and SIREN Study Group},
month = {jun},
year = {2025},
abstract = {Background: In winter 2022, SIREN, a prospective healthcare worker cohort study monitoring SARS-CoV-2, ran a pilot sub-study introducing multiplex PCR testing for SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and RSV to investigate winter pressures. Three pathways were trialled: (A) on-site (at hospital) swabbing for PCR testing, using the local laboratory for testing, (B) on-site swabbing using a UKHSA-commissioned laboratory for testing, and (C) postal swabbing using a UKHSA-commissioned laboratory for testing. Here, we compare pathways in relation to recruitment, testing coverage, participant acceptability, and UKHSA SIREN research team feedback.},
volume = {20},
issue = {6},
journal = {PLoS ONE},
publisher = {Public Library of Science},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310758},
}
