The accuracy of healthcare worker versus self collected (2-in-1) Oropharyngeal and Bilateral Mid-Turbinate (OPMT) swabs and saliva samples for SARS-CoV-2

• Seow Yen Tan ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Seow Yen Tan, Hong Liang Tey, Ernest Tian Hong Lim, Song Tar Toh

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

  * E-mail: tan.seow.yen@singhealth.com.sg

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Changi General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7870-2879

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• Hong Liang Tey ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Seow Yen Tan, Hong Liang Tey, Ernest Tian Hong Lim, Song Tar Toh

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

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology, National Skin Centre, Singapore, Singapore

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• Ernest Tian Hong Lim ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Seow Yen Tan, Hong Liang Tey, Ernest Tian Hong Lim, Song Tar Toh

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

  Affiliation Emergency Department, Woodlands Health Campus, Singapore, Singapore

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• Song Tar Toh ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Seow Yen Tan, Hong Liang Tey, Ernest Tian Hong Lim, Song Tar Toh

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

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• Yiong Huak Chan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biostatistics Unit, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore, Singapore

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• Pei Ting Tan,

  Roles Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinical Trials and Research Unit, Changi General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

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• Sing Ai Lee,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sheares Healthcare Group Pte Ltd, Singapore, Singapore

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• Cheryl Xiaotong Tan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Temasek International Pte Ltd, Singapore, Singapore

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• Gerald Choon Huat Koh ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation, Singapore, Singapore

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• Thean Yen Tan ,

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

  ¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Changi General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

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• Chuin Siau

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, Changi General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

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