This study evaluated the efficiency of pediatric mid-turbinate nasal flocked swabs used by parents in 203 children aged 6 months to 5 years with symptoms of respiratory disease. Two nasal samples were collected from each child in a randomised sequence: one by a trained pediatrician and one by a parent. The real-time polymerase chain reaction … Read more
The study was conducted at a K-8 school in California with 296 participants to assess whether school children aged 5 to 14 years, can feasibly self-collect SARS-CoV-2 samples for surveillance testing over the course of an academic year. Clinical research staff provided all students with instructions to ensure proper technique. Errors occurred in 2.7% (n = … Read more
The goal of this study was to characterize the ability of school-aged children to self-collect adequate anterior nares (AN) swabs for SARS-CoV-2 testing. 287 children aged 4-14 years-old, of whom 197 were symptomatic, watched a short instructional video before providing a self-collected anterior nares specimen. Health care workers (HCWs) then collected a second specimen, and … Read more
The Royal Children’s Hospital National Child Health Poll of 1434 parents who care for 2553 children, found a range of barriers which may impact on the willingness of parents to attend a testing clinic for their child. Of these parents, almost three quarters (74 per cent) were concerned the COVID-19 test might be stressful, painful or uncomfortable … Read more
A prospective study of children (age 0–18) testing positive for SARS-CoV-2, with 52 paired samples of both nasal and oropharyngeal specimens taken on admission and every 1-3 days during hospitalization. Overall, 24 of 26 nasal specimens resulted positive, whereas 20 of 26 oropharyngeal specimens resulted positive. CT values of the first simultaneous collected materials were … Read more
AIM The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility of and compare the comfort and preference of self-collection combined nose and throat (CTN), saliva and Rhinoswab, a novel anterior nasal swab (ANS) for detection of SARS CoV-2 in children 4-18 years of age. METHOD The study was conducted by the Murdoch Children’s Research … Read more
BACKGROUND Detection of respiratory viruses requires the collection of samples for testing, however, nasal and throat swabs can cause discomfort and procedural anxiety in children. Respiratory sampling methods which are accurate and less invasive are needed. AIM To determine whether Rhinoswab Junior (ANS) is a suitable alternative to the standard combined nose and throat (CTN) … Read more
