Systematic Offer of Nurse-Driven Screening for COVID-19 in Emergency Departments in the Paris Metropolitan Area, DEPIST-COVID

"I- A SARS-CoV2 self-administered questionnaire about SARS-CoV2 symptoms, possibilities of close contacts, risk exposure situations and socio-demographic characteristics will be offered to patients included who are capable of filling it out.~* The patient will fill out the questionnaire and hand it in to the nurse caring for him/her.~* The nurse, regardless of the answers to the questionnaire, will offer the SARS-CoV2 screening.~* A nasopharyngeal swab for SARS-CoV2 will be carried out.~* A patient will be considered as symptomatic if he/she presents one or more symptoms listed in the questionnaire.~* For symptomatic patients, a SARS-CoV2 for multiplex PCR will be carried out. This analysis takes 75 minutes.~* For asymptomatic patients, a RT-LAMP test will be carried out. This analysis takes 5 to 15 minutes."

The physician offers a SARS-CoV2 test according to current recommendations. The tests are prescribed as a means of diagnosis for patients presenting symptoms suggestive of Covid-19 or as a means of diagnosis for patients requiring hospitalisation for another cause, before their transfer to hospital. Patients will be cared for according to usual procedures of each hospital. Patients tested positive will be asked to fill out the DEPIST-COVID questionnaire. Patients who had not completed it will be contacted by phone to answer the questions over the phone.