TY - JOUR
AU - Munro, Katie
AU - Foulkes, Sarah
AU - Broad, Jonathan
AU - Sparkes, Dominic
AU - Atti, Ana
AU - Islam, Jasmin
AU - Hopkins, Susan
AU - Hall, Victoria J.
AU - Russell, Sophie
AU - SIREN Study Group
PY - 2025
DA - June
TI - 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
JO - PLoS ONE
VL - 20
IS - 6
DO - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310758
AB - 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.
PB - Public Library of Science
UR - https://researchonline.gcu.ac.uk/en/publications/2f64d7e6-b29e-48e2-b5b8-19024d42cb47
KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
ER