Association of a High-Efficiency Particulate Air Filter COVID-19 Testing Booth With Testing Capacity, Cost Per Test Acquired, and Use of Personal Protective Equipment

Kristian R Olson; Sandra J Butler; Bonnie B Blanchfield; Jean M Bernhardt; Frank Santo; Nour Al-Sultan; Paul F Currier

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.17698

Association of a High-Efficiency Particulate Air Filter COVID-19 Testing Booth With Testing Capacity, Cost Per Test Acquired, and Use of Personal Protective Equipment

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Jul 1;4(7):e2117698. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.17698.

Authors

Kristian R Olson^{1

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4}, Sandra J Butler⁴, Bonnie B Blanchfield^{3

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6}, Jean M Bernhardt⁷, Frank Santo⁴, Nour Al-Sultan⁴, Paul F Currier^{1

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8}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
² Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
³ Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ MGH Springboard Studio, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁵ Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁷ Division of General Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
⁸ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

Abstract

This quality improvement study compares COVID-19 testing throughput, personal protective equipment use, and cost per test before vs after the introduction of high-efficiency particulate air–filtered, positive-pressure Hexapod personal protection booths at a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.

MeSH terms

Air Filters
Boston
COVID-19 / diagnosis*
COVID-19 Testing / economics
COVID-19 Testing / methods*
Equipment Design
Ergonomics
Facility Design and Construction / economics
Facility Design and Construction / methods*
Health Plan Implementation
Humans
Infection Control / economics
Infection Control / methods*
Infection Control / standards
Outpatient Clinics, Hospital* / economics
Personal Protective Equipment / statistics & numerical data
Quality Improvement / economics
Retrospective Studies
SARS-CoV-2