Experience with voluntary severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) testing of asymptomatic staff at the National Institutes of Health for one year.

Voluntary asymptomatic severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) testing was provided by the NIH Clinical Center over 1 year. Among 105,927 tests, 0.2% were positive. Among eligible staff, 79% participated with variable frequency and 61% of positive individuals had symptoms at the time of testing. Saliva specimen collection was chosen as an option less frequently than midturbinate collection.

Establishing a Health Information Technology for the Vaccination of National Institutes of Health Staff.

Introduction: Healthcare organizations faced unique operational challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. Assuring the safety of both patients and healthcare workers in hospitals has been the primary focus during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: The NIH Vaccine Program (VP) with the Vaccine Management System (VMS) was created based on the commitment of NIH leadership, program leadership, the development team, and the program team; defining Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) of the VP and the VMS; and the NIH Clinical Center's (NIH CC) interdisciplinary approach to deploying the VMS. Results: This article discusses the NIH business requirements of the VP and VMS, the target KPIs of the VP and the VMS, and the NIH CC interdisciplinary approach to deploying an organizational VMS for vaccinating the NIH workforce. The use of the DCRI Spiral-Agile Software Development Life Cycle enabled the development of a system with stakeholder involvement that could quickly adapt to changing requirements meeting the defined KPIs for the program and system. The assessment of the defined KPIs through a survey and comments from the survey support that the VP and VMS were successful. Conclusion: A comprehensive program to maintain a healthy workforce includes asymptomatic COVID testing, symptomatic COVID testing, contact tracing, vaccinations, and policy-driven education. The need to develop systems during the pandemic resulted in changes to build software quickly with the input of many more users and stakeholders then typical in a decreased amount of time.

Unveiling the silent threat among us: leveraging health information technology in the search for asymptomatic COVID 19 healthcare workers.

Assuring the safety of both patients and healthcare workers (HCWs) in hospitals has been the primary focus of every healthcare organization during the COVID 19 pandemic. This article discusses the NIH Clinical Center's interdisciplinary approach to deploying an organizational Asymptomatic Staff Testing System.