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Volume 29, Number 8—August 2023
Research Letter

Asymptomatic Healthcare Worker PCR Screening during SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Surge, Germany, 2022

Ralph Bertram, Wolfgang Hitzl, Eike Steinmann, and Joerg SteinmannComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany (R. Bertram, J. Steinmann); Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria (W. Hitzl); Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany (E. Steinmann)

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Number of tests performed and positivity rates for healthcare worker screening during SARS-CoV-2 Omicron surge, Germany, 2022. A) Total number of tests (gray bars) and number of positive tests (red line) per calendar week in 2022. B) Percentage positivity of each healthcare worker group in relation to total staff. Black bars indicate all staff; gray bars indicate the HCW groups. Misc., miscellaneous; NS, not statistically significant.

Figure. Number of tests performed and positivity rates for healthcare worker screening during SARS-CoV-2 Omicron surge, Germany, 2022. A) Total number of tests (gray bars) and number of positive tests (red line) per calendar week in 2022. B) Percentage positivity of each healthcare worker group in relation to total staff. Black bars indicate all staff; gray bars indicate the HCW groups. Misc., miscellaneous; NS, not statistically significant.

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