mass testing
Population-wide diagnostic checks
Mass testing is the practice of testing a large portion of a population for a disease or condition, typically during a public health crisis.
The approach aims to identify cases quickly, including asymptomatic carriers, to control spread: The government rolled out mass testing after the outbreak.
Mass testing programs became central to pandemic response strategies during COVID-19.
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- swabsAbsorbent sampling tools
- COVIDCoronavirus disease abbreviation
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- community spreadDisease circulating locally, source unknown
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- diagnostic testsurine culture, blood culture, diagnostic kit, bacterial culture, throat swab
mass testingclinical testing
Systematic evaluation of treatments
diagnostic testing · contact tracing · random sampling · clinical diagnosis
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