Official Title
COVID Screening Strategies in Homeless Shelters
Brief Summary

Residents in homeless shelters will be randomized to 4 different COVID-19 screening strategies with the primary outcome being COVID-19 detection rate.

Unknown status
COVID-19

Diagnostic Test: COVID-19 Swab

Nasal, Oral-Nasal combined or Nasopharyngeal swab

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age greater than or equal to 18

- Able to provide oral consent

- Able to perform a self-collected swab if in the relevant intervention arm

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Eligibility Gender
All
Eligibility Age
Minimum: 18 Years ~ Maximum: N/A
Countries
Canada
Locations

Various Homeless Shelters
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Investigator: Timothy O'Shea, MD
Contact: 905-521-2100
osheat@mcmaster.ca

Investigator: Timothy O'Shea, MD

Contacts

Timothy O'Shea, MD
905-521-2100
osheat@mcmaster.ca

Marek Smieja, MD, PhD
905-521-6021
msmieja@stjosham.on.ca

St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
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