3ACP Malawi: Enhancing access to COVID-19 tests. Africa, Asia, Americas COVID-19 Preparedness (3ACP)
Phase 3
Completed
- Conditions
- SARS-COV-2Infections and Infestations
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN17596113
- Lead Sponsor
- nitaid
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1081
Inclusion Criteria
Healthcare workers shall be eligible to participate if they are:
1. Aged 18 years and above
2. All health workers employed by the above facilities, including nurses, doctors, clinic assistants, health surveillance assistants, clinical officers, community health workers and lay counsellors, administrators and support staff such as receptionists and porters.
3. Willing and able to give written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
A healthcare worker shall be ineligible to participate if they:
1. Have tested positive for COVID-19 and are still within the isolation period
2. Have any medical contraindication to anterior nasal swab (e.g. bleeding disorders, recent facial trauma)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Harmonic mean number of HCWs with confirmed COVID-19 measured through a count of number of HCWs with confirmed COVID-19 by PCR or rapid testing.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Measured by self-report at one month follow-up face-to-face interview:<br>1. Health care workers reporting any illness in the last 28 days <br>2. Health care workers taking time off work in the last 28 days <br>3. Health care workers having cough and fever in the last 28 days