Infectious disease board recommends hospitals stop screening asymptomatic patients for Covid-19
An influential board of infectious disease physicians recommended Wednesday that hospitals and other health care facilities stop routinely screening asymptomatic patients for Covid-19, saying the potential risks of screenings now outweigh the benefits.
The new guidelines from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America’s board of directors may prove controversial. Throughout the pandemic, many health care facilities have routinely tested all admits in order to prevent the virus from spreading to both health care workers and other patients. They’ve also tested patients before surgery, in part out of fears that a Covid infection could lead to complications.
