Testing over 70s on admission to hospital for COVID-19
Project Lead: Professor Nick Mills
In late April 2020, a change in COVID-19 testing strategy was implemented in NHS Lothian after a Scottish Government instruction to test all patients over 70 years old being admitted to hospital irrespective of displaying symptoms or not. This project sought to provide an initial analysis on what this change in testing criteria meant for the numbers of tests being undertaken for those in different age categories.
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