Process and Specification for Collecting Nasal and Throat Swab Specimens from Hospitalized Patients with Novel Coronavirus Infection in the Department of Infectious Diseases

Abstract

The rapid spread of the novel coronavirus around the world has caused a large number of cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia that are rare in human history. The detection of the novel coronavirus is the key link to preventing and controlling the epidemic of the novel coronavirus, so the establishment of nasal and throat swab specimen collection process, mastery of the relevant rules and regulations for the collection of novel coronavirus pneumonia, standardization of nasal and throat swab specimen collection operating procedures, and standardized patient management are the keys to controlling the spread of coronavirus pneumonia. Literatures about novel coronavirus 2019 were searched by the Web of Science database. A total of 556 English literatures were collected.Using VOSviewer software to extract keywords, and conducting the cluster analysis and knowledge mapping. This study describes in detail the basic methods, standard procedures and basic steps for collecting nasal and throat swab specimens from patients infected with novel coronavirus infection，as well as the precautions and common problems of throat swab specimen collection in novel coronavirus infection samples. Finally, the main ways and prospects for the prevention of respiratory infectious diseases are proposed. This study is of great significance for the prevention and control of the rapid spread of novel coronavirus pneumonia.