Use of an algorithm based on routine blood laboratory tests to exclude COVID-19 in a screening-setting of healthcare workers

• Math P. G. Leers ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Math P. G. Leers, Ruben Deneer

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mat.leers@zuyderland.nl

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry & Hematology, Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen-Sittard, The Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5186-5600

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• Ruben Deneer ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Math P. G. Leers, Ruben Deneer

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department Of Clinical Chemistry & Hematology, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, TU/E (Technical University), Eindhoven, The Netherlands

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• Guy J. M. Mostard,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen-Sittard, The Netherlands

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• Remy L. M. Mostard,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pulmonology, Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen-Sittard, The Netherlands

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• Arjen-Kars Boer,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department Of Clinical Chemistry & Hematology, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

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• Volkher Scharnhorst,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department Of Clinical Chemistry & Hematology, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

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• Frans Stals,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology & Infectionprevention, Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen-Sittard, The Netherlands

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• Henne A. Kleinveld,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry & Hematology, Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen-Sittard, The Netherlands

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• Dirk W. van Dam

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology & Infectionprevention, Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen-Sittard, The Netherlands

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