COVID-19 TESTING IMPACT CALCULATOR

The results assume that 100% of an organization’s population is tested prior to initiating a screening protocol.

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How many people are in your organization? *

What percentage reliably wear masks? *

75% of people

Do you have a contact tracing program? *

Do you offer unmasked communal activities such as dining?*

Yes

If you offer unmasked group activities such as dining or meetings, how many people are in a group? *

4Group Size

Choose a time period for estimating testing costs.*

What percentage of people in your organization have been fully vaccinated? *

0% of People

Cost Considerations

If your employees will be paid during testing, what is their average hourly wage? *

If you are paying people to conduct testing, what is their average hourly wage? *

Advanced Inputs

Hours available for taking samples during one day? *

Default = 8 hours

Mask efficiency? *

Default = 0.3 // Max = 1.0

Contact tracing efficiency? *

Default = 0.5

Number of infected cases per contact tracer? *

Default = 6

Estimated R0 'TYPICAL'? *

Default = 2.5

Estimated R0 'HOT SPOT'? *

Default = 3.5

Prevalence 'TYPICAL'? *

Default = 1%

Prevalence 'HOT SPOT'? *

Default = 3%

Vaccine effectiveness *

Default = 0.85

ANTIGEN Rapid On-Site

On-site test; no instrument required; lowest cost; lowest accuracy.

Instrument cost

Default Value: 0.00

Test cost

Default Value: 8.00

Control & PPE cost per test*

Default Value: $0

Hourly throughput*

Default Value: 0

Sample acquistion & prep (min)*

Default Value: 3.5

Test cycle time (min)*

Default Value: 20.0

Other process time (min)*

Default Value: 1.0

FTE/instrument operation*

Default Value: 0.0

Sensitivity*

Default Value: 50.0

Specificity*

Default Value: 95.0

Outsourced Lab Test*

Default Value: No

Outsourced Sampling*

Default Value: No

Lab turn around time (hrs)*

Default Value: 0

Organization admin & reporting cost/test*

Default Value: 0

ANTIGEN Instrument On-site

On-site test; instrument required; higher cost; more accurate than Antigen 1.

Instrument cost

Default Value: 500.00

Test cost

Default Value: 30.00

Control and PPE cost per test ($)*

Default Value: 0.00

Hourly throughput*

Default Value: 2

Sample acquistion & prep (min)*

Default Value: 3.5

Test cycle time (min)*

Default Value: 30.0

Other process time (min)*

Default Value: 1.0

FTE/instrument operation*

Default Value: 10.0

Sensitivity*

Default Value: 75.0

Specificity*

Default Value: 98.0

Outsourced Lab Test*

Default Value: No

Outsourced Sampling*

Default Value: No

Lab turn around time (hrs)*

Default Value: 0

Organization admin & reporting cost/test*

Default Value: 0

PCR On-site

On-site test; instrument required; higher cost; higher accuracy than Antigen tests.

Instrument cost

Default Value: 500.00

Test cost

Default Value: 100.00

Control and PPE cost per test ($)*

Default Value: 0.00

Hourly throughput*

Default Value: 2

Sample acquistion & prep (min)*

Default Value: 3.0

Test cycle time (min)*

Default Value: 45.0

Other process time (min)*

Default Value: 0.0

FTE/instrument operation*

Default Value: 15.0

Sensitivity*

Default Value: 95.0

Specificity*

Default Value: 99.0

Outsourced Lab Test*

Default Value: No

Outsourced Sampling*

Default Value: No

Lab turn around time (hrs)*

Default Value: 0

Organization admin & reporting cost/test*

Default Value: 0

PCR Off-site

Off-site test conducted at central lab; highest cost; highest accuracy.

Instrument cost

Default Value: 0.00

Test cost

Default Value: 100.00

Sample acquisition per test ($)*

Default Value: 0.00

Hourly throughput*

Default Value: 0

Sample acquistion & prep (min)*

Default Value: 3.0

Test cycle time (min)*

Default Value: 300.0

Other process time (min)*

Default Value: 0.0

FTE/instrument operation*

Default Value: 0.0

Sensitivity*

Default Value: 99.0

Specificity*

Default Value: 99.0

Outsourced Lab Test*

Default Value: Yes

Outsourced Sampling*

Default Value: Yes

Lab turn around time (hrs)*

Default Value: 36

Organization admin & reporting cost/test*

Default Value: 0

POOLED + Automatic Follow-up PCR Off-site

Individual samples are sent to off-site lab for pooled testing. If a positive pool is identified, lab runs an automatic follow-up test on each original individual sample. No re-sampling necessary.

Instrument cost

Default Value: 0.00

Test cost

Default Value: 20.00

Sample acquisition per test ($)*

Default Value: 0.00

Hourly throughput*

Default Value: 0

Sample acquistion & prep (min)*

Default Value: 3.0

Test cycle time (min)*

Default Value: 300.0

Other process time (min)*

Default Value: 0.0

FTE/instrument operation*

Default Value: 0.0

Sensitivity*

Default Value: 99.0

Specificity*

Default Value: 99.0

Outsourced Lab Test*

Default Value: Yes

Outsourced Sampling*

Default Value: Yes

Lab turn around time (hrs)*

Default Value: 48

Organization admin & reporting cost/test*

Default Value: 0

REMOVED

Outsourced Molecular Pooled & Deconvoluted – Fixed cost per person

Instrument cost

Default Value: 0.00

Test cost

Default Value: 6.25

Sample acquisition per test ($)*

Default Value: 0.00

Hourly throughput*

Default Value: 0

Sample acquistion & prep (min)*

Default Value: 3.0

Test cycle time (min)*

Default Value: 300.0

Other process time (min)*

Default Value: 0.0

FTE/instrument operation*

Default Value: 0.0

Sensitivity*

Default Value: 99.0

Specificity*

Default Value: 99.0

Outsourced Lab Test*

Default Value: Yes

Outsourced Sampling*

Default Value: Yes

Lab turn around time (hrs)*

Default Value: 48

Organization admin & reporting cost/test*

Default Value: 0

POOLED 2

Positive pools require individuals to resample and reflex test with off-site PCR.

Instrument cost

Default Value: 0.00

Test cost

Default Value: 25.00

Sample acquisition per test ($)*

Default Value: 0.00

Hourly throughput*

Default Value: 0

Sample acquistion & prep (min)*

Default Value: 3.0

Test cycle time (min)*

Default Value: 300.0

Other process time (min)*

Default Value: 0.0

FTE/instrument operation*

Default Value: 0.0

Sensitivity*

Default Value: 99.0

Specificity*

Default Value: 99.0

Outsourced Lab Test*

Default Value: Yes

Outsourced Sampling*

Default Value: Yes

Lab turn around time (hrs)*

Default Value: 48

Organization admin & reporting cost/test*

Default Value: 0

POOLED 3

Positive pools require individuals to resample and reflex test with on-site PCR.

Instrument cost

Default Value: 0.00

Test cost

Default Value: 25.00

Sample acquisition per test ($)*

Default Value: 0.00

Hourly throughput*

Default Value: 0

Sample acquistion & prep (min)*

Default Value: 3.0

Test cycle time (min)*

Default Value: 300.0

Other process time (min)*

Default Value: 0.0

FTE/instrument operation*

Default Value: 0.0

Sensitivity*

Default Value: 99.0

Specificity*

Default Value: 99.0

Outsourced Lab Test*

Default Value: Yes

Outsourced Sampling*

Default Value: Yes

Lab turn around time (hrs)*

Default Value: 48

Organization admin & reporting cost/test*

Default Value: 0

POOLED 4

Positive pools require individuals to resample and reflex test with on-site Antigen.

Instrument cost

Default Value: 0.00

Test cost

Default Value: 25.00

Sample acquisition per test ($)*

Default Value: 0.00

Hourly throughput*

Default Value: 0

Sample acquistion & prep (min)*

Default Value: 3.0

Test cycle time (min)*

Default Value: 300.0

Other process time (min)*

Default Value: 0.0

FTE/instrument operation*

Default Value: 0.0

Sensitivity*

Default Value: 99.0

Specificity*

Default Value: 99.0

Outsourced Lab Test*

Default Value: Yes

Outsourced Sampling*

Default Value: Yes

Lab turn around time (hrs)*

Default Value: 48

Organization admin & reporting cost/test*

Default Value: 0

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Total Number of People to be Tested Each Day *

(assuming testing 7 days per week)

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Estimated Testing Cost per Week *

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Total Number of People to be Tested Each Day *

(assuming testing 7 days per week)

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Estimated Testing Cost per Week *

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Test Results

Advanced Variables

Time waiting to be sampled (min)*

Default Value = 15

Number of days a person is contagious?*

Default Value = 10

Safety factor 'TYPICAL' *

Default Value = 0.8

Safety factor 'HOT SPOT'*

Default Value = 0.6

Mask multiplier

Determined from selection above

Contact tracing multipier

Determined from selection above

Contact tracing multiplier*

Robust contact tracing

Determined from selection above

Fraction of people who develop symptoms?*

Default Value = 0.5

Maximum number of days between testing?*

Default Value = 21

Adjusted R0 'TYPICAL'

Determined from selection above

Adjusted R0 'HOT SPOT'

Determined from selection above

Return message if outbreak cannot be controlled

Does your organization have communal dining?

K = Rnot / (Days contagious X Transmissivity of disease)*

Default Value = 20

s/TF min*

s/TF max*

ok delay (days)*

s/TF min*

s/TF max*

ok delay (days)*

Cost of reflex/confirmatory test*

Specificity threshold for reflex test*

Minimum time testing staff to be paid daily*

Vaccination Multiplier

Number of deconvolution rounds before giving up*

Number of people per pool*

Additional Test Results

ANTIGEN Rapid On-Site - On-site test; no instrument required; lowest cost; lowest accuracy.

Test Inputs

Use Case Information

Total number of people to be tested

Time all testing needs to be done (hrs)

Hourly test personnel cost

Disease prevalence in this population

Hourly wage of person being tested

Analysis

Number of instruments required*

Staff for sample acquisition*

Staff for instrument operation*

Staff required for contact tracing*

Acceptable delay (days)*

Population false positives (Daily)*

Population false negatives (Daily)*

Population true positives (Daily)*

Daily contact tracing cost*

Test meets max turnaround time*

PPV*

NPV*

False discovery rate*

False omission rate*

Total time for a test (min)*

Number of people to be tested in a day*

Number of people for confirmatory test*

Number of people at home*

Number of contacts at home*

Recommended testing frequency (hrs)*

Labor cost per test*

Required hourly throughput*

Total instrument capital cost*

Cost per test*

Daily test cost*

Daily lost wage cost*

Staff required for testing*

Population false positives*

Population true positives*

Population false negatives*

Recommended testing frequency (Days)*

Total staff required*

Total daily test cost*

Total weekly test cost*

Confirmatory test recommended*

Daily cost of confirmatory testing*

Weekly cost of confirmatory testing*

Advanced

Effective test fraction*

Stability criterion*

Daily sample acquisition staff time (hours)*

Daily instrument operator time (hours)*

Time per day testing staff required on site*

Hours per day staff to be paid*

Positives found per day*

False positives (check)*

Number of close contacts waiting for test results*

ANTIGEN Instrument On-site - instrument required; higher cost; more accurate than Antigen 1.

Test Inputs

Use Case Information

Total number of people to be tested

Time all testing needs to be done (hrs)

Hourly test personnel cost

Disease prevalence in this population

Hourly wage of person being tested

Analysis

Number of instruments required*

Staff for sample acquisition*

Staff for instrument operation*

Staff required for contact tracing*

Acceptable delay (days)*

Population false positives (Daily)*

Population false negatives (Daily)*

Population true positives (Daily)*

Daily contact tracing cost*

PPV*

NPV*

False discovery rate*

False omission rate*

Total time for a test (min)*

Number of people for confirmatory test*

Number of contacts at home*

Recommended testing frequency (hrs)*

Labor cost per test*

Required hourly throughput*

Cost per test*

Daily test cost*

Daily lost wage cost*

Total daily test cost*

Population false positives*

Population false negatives*

Population true positives*

Staff required for testing*

Total instrument capital cost*

Total staff required*

Recommended testing frequency (Days)*

Total weekly test cost*

Test meets max turnaround time*

Number of people to be tested in a day*

Number of people at home*

Confirmatory test recommended*

Daily cost of confirmatory testing*

Weekly cost of confirmatory testing*

Advanced

Effective test fraction*

Stability criterion*

Daily sample acquisition staff time (hours)*

Daily instrument operator time (hours)*

Time per day testing staff required on site*

Hours per day staff to be paid*

Positives found per day*

False positives (check)*

Number of close contacts waiting for test results*

PCR On-site - instrument required; higher cost; higher accuracy than Antigen tests.

Test Inputs

Use Case Information

Total number of people to be tested

Time all testing needs to be done (hrs)

Hourly test personnel cost

Disease prevalence in this population

Hourly wage of person being tested

Analysis

Number of instruments required*

Staff for sample acquisition*

Staff for instrument operation*

Staff required for contact tracing*

Acceptable delay (days)*

Population false positives (Daily)*

Population false negatives (Daily)*

Population true positives (Daily)*

Daily contact tracing cost*

PPV*

NPV*

False discovery rate*

False omission rate*

Total time for a test (min)*

Number of people for confirmatory test*

Number of contacts at home*

Recommended testing frequency (hrs)*

Population false positives*

Population false negatives*

Population true positives*

Total daily test cost*

Daily lost wage cost*

Daily test cost*

Cost per test*

Required hourly throughput*

Labor cost per test*

Total instrument capital cost*

Staff required for testing*

Total staff required*

Recommended testing frequency (Days)*

Total weekly test cost*

Test meets max turnaround time*

Number of people to be tested in a day*

Number of people at home*

Confirmatory test recommended*

Daily cost of confirmatory testing*

Weekly cost of confirmatory testing*

Advanced

Effective test fraction*

Stability criterion*

Daily sample acquisition staff time (hours)*

Daily instrument operator time (hours)*

Time per day testing staff required on site*

Hours per day staff to be paid*

Positives found per day*

False positives (check)*

Number of close contacts waiting for test results*

PCR Off-site - Off-site test conducted at central lab; highest cost; highest accuracy.

Test Inputs

Use Case Information

Total number of people to be tested

Time all testing needs to be done (hrs)

Hourly test personnel cost

Disease prevalence in this population

Hourly wage of person being tested

Analysis

Number of instruments required*

Staff for sample acquisition*

Staff for instrument operation*

Staff required for contact tracing*

Acceptable delay (days)*

Population false positives (Daily)*

Population false negatives (Daily)*

Population true positives (Daily)*

Daily contact tracing cost*

PPV*

NPV*

False discovery rate*

False omission rate*

Total time for a test (min)*

Number of people for confirmatory test*

Number of contacts at home*

Recommended testing frequency (hrs)*

Labor cost per test*

Cost per test*

Daily test cost*

Daily lost wage cost*

Population false positives*

Population false negatives*

Population true positives*

Total daily test cost*

Required hourly throughput*

Total instrument capital cost*

Staff required for testing*

Total staff required*

Recommended testing frequency (Days)*

Total weekly test cost*

Test meets max turnaround time*

Number of people to be tested in a day*

Number of people at home*

Confirmatory test recommended*

Daily cost of confirmatory testing*

Weekly cost of confirmatory testing*

Advanced

Effective test fraction*

Stability criterion*

Daily sample acquisition staff time (hours)*

Daily instrument operator time (hours)*

Time per day testing staff required on site*

Hours per day staff to be paid*

Positives found per day*

False positives (check)*

Number of close contacts waiting for test results*

POOLED + Automatic Follow-up Off-site PCR - Individual samples are sent to off-site lab for pooled testing. If a positive pool is identified, lab runs an automatic follow-up test on each original individual sample. No re-sampling necessary.

Test Inputs

Use Case Information

Total number of people to be tested

Time all testing needs to be done (hrs)

Hourly test personnel cost

Disease prevalence in this population

Hourly wage of person being tested

Analysis

Number of instruments required*

Staff for sample acquisition*

Staff for instrument operation*

Staff required for contact tracing*

Acceptable delay (days)*

Population false positives (Daily)*

Population false negatives (Daily)*

Population true positives (Daily)*

Daily contact tracing cost*

PPV*

NPV*

False discovery rate*

False omission rate*

Total time for a test (min)*

Number of people for confirmatory test*

Number of contacts at home*

Recommended testing frequency (hrs)*

Labor cost per test*

Cost per test*

Daily test cost*

Daily lost wage cost*

Population false positives*

Population false negatives*

Population true positives*

Total daily test cost*

Required hourly throughput*

Total instrument capital cost*

Staff required for testing*

Total staff required*

Recommended testing frequency (Days)*

Total weekly test cost*

Test meets max turnaround time*

Number of people to be tested in a day*

Number of people at home*

Confirmatory test recommended*

Daily cost of confirmatory testing*

Weekly cost of confirmatory testing*

Advanced

Effective test fraction*

Stability criterion*

Daily sample acquisition staff time (hours)*

Daily instrument operator time (hours)*

Time per day testing staff required on site*

Hours per day staff to be paid*

Positives found per day*

False positives (check)*

Number of close contacts waiting for test results*

POOLED 1 – Positive pools require immediate reflex testing with off-site PCR, no re-sampling necessary

Test Inputs

Use Case Information

Total number of people to be tested

Time all testing needs to be done (hrs)

Hourly test personnel cost

Disease prevalence in this population

Hourly wage of person being tested

Analysis

Number of instruments required*

Staff for sample acquisition*

Staff for instrument operation*

Staff required for contact tracing*

Acceptable delay (days)*

Population false positives (Daily)*

Population false negatives (Daily)*

Population true positives (Daily)*

Daily contact tracing cost*

PPV*

NPV*

False discovery rate*

False omission rate*

Total time for a test (min)*

Number of people for confirmatory test*

Number of contacts at home*

Recommended testing frequency (hrs)*

Labor cost per test*

Cost per test*

Daily test cost*

Daily lost wage cost*

Population false positives*

Population false negatives*

Population true positives*

Total daily test cost*

Required hourly throughput*

Total instrument capital cost*

Staff required for testing*

Total staff required*

Recommended testing frequency (Days)*

Total weekly test cost*

Test meets max turnaround time*

Number of people to be tested in a day*

Number of people at home*

Confirmatory test recommended*

Daily cost of confirmatory testing*

Weekly cost of confirmatory testing*

Advanced

Effective test fraction*

Stability criterion*

Daily sample acquisition staff time (hours)*

Daily instrument operator time (hours)*

Time per day testing staff required on site*

Hours per day staff to be paid*

Positives found per day*

False positives (check)*

Number of close contacts waiting for test results*

POOLED + Follow-up On-site Antigen – Pooled testing is completed at off-site lab. If a positive pool is identified, then all individuals in the positive pool must be resampled and individual follow-up tests are completed with on-site Antigen.

Test Inputs

Use Case Information

Total number of people to be tested

Time all testing needs to be done (hrs)

Hourly test personnel cost

Disease prevalence in this population

Hourly wage of person being tested

Analysis

Number of instruments required*

Staff for sample acquisition*

Staff for instrument operation*

Staff required for contact tracing*

Acceptable delay (days)*

Population false positives (Daily)*

Population false negatives (Daily)*

Population true positives (Daily)*

Daily contact tracing cost*

PPV*

NPV*

False discovery rate*

False omission rate*

Total time for a test (min)*

Number of people for confirmatory test*

Number of contacts at home*

Recommended testing frequency (hrs)*

Labor cost per test*

Cost per test*

Daily test cost*

Daily lost wage cost*

Population false positives*

Population false negatives*

Population true positives*

Total daily test cost*

Required hourly throughput*

Total instrument capital cost*

Staff required for testing*

Total staff required*

Recommended testing frequency (Days)*

Total weekly test cost*

Test meets max turnaround time*

Number of people to be tested in a day*

Number of people at home*

Confirmatory test recommended*

Daily cost of confirmatory testing*

Weekly cost of confirmatory testing*

Advanced

Effective test fraction*

Stability criterion*

Daily sample acquisition staff time (hours)*

Daily instrument operator time (hours)*

Time per day testing staff required on site*

Hours per day staff to be paid*

Positives found per day*

False positives (check)*

Number of close contacts waiting for test results*

POOLED + Follow-up On-site PCR –Pooled testing is completed at off-site lab. If a positive pool is identified, then all individuals in the positive pool must be resampled and individual follow-up tests are completed with on-site PCR.

Test Inputs

Use Case Information

Total number of people to be tested

Time all testing needs to be done (hrs)

Hourly test personnel cost

Disease prevalence in this population

Hourly wage of person being tested

Analysis

Number of instruments required*

Staff for sample acquisition*

Staff for instrument operation*

Staff required for contact tracing*

Acceptable delay (days)*

Population false positives (Daily)*

Population false negatives (Daily)*

Population true positives (Daily)*

Daily contact tracing cost*

PPV*

NPV*

False discovery rate*

False omission rate*

Total time for a test (min)*

Number of people for confirmatory test*

Number of contacts at home*

Recommended testing frequency (hrs)*

Labor cost per test*

Cost per test*

Daily test cost*

Daily lost wage cost*

Population false positives*

Population false negatives*

Population true positives*

Total daily test cost*

Required hourly throughput*

Total instrument capital cost*

Staff required for testing*

Total staff required*

Recommended testing frequency (Days)*

Total weekly test cost*

Test meets max turnaround time*

Number of people to be tested in a day*

Number of people at home*

Confirmatory test recommended*

Daily cost of confirmatory testing*

Weekly cost of confirmatory testing*

Advanced

Effective test fraction*

Stability criterion*

Daily sample acquisition staff time (hours)*

Daily instrument operator time (hours)*

Time per day testing staff required on site*

Hours per day staff to be paid*

Positives found per day*

False positives (check)*

Number of close contacts waiting for test results*

POOLED + Follow-up Off-site PCR – Pooled testing is completed at off-site lab. If a positive pool is identified, then all individuals in the positive pool must be resampled and shipped. Individual follow-up tests are completed with off-site lab PCR.

Test Inputs

Use Case Information

Total number of people to be tested

Time all testing needs to be done (hrs)

Hourly test personnel cost

Disease prevalence in this population

Hourly wage of person being tested

Analysis

Number of instruments required*

Staff for sample acquisition*

Staff for instrument operation*

Staff required for contact tracing*

Acceptable delay (days)*

Population false positives (Daily)*

Population false negatives (Daily)*

Population true positives (Daily)*

Daily contact tracing cost*

PPV*

NPV*

False discovery rate*

False omission rate*

Total time for a test (min)*

Number of people for confirmatory test*

Number of contacts at home*

Recommended testing frequency (hrs)*

Labor cost per test*

Cost per test*

Daily test cost*

Daily lost wage cost*

Population false positives*

Population false negatives*

Population true positives*

Total daily test cost*

Required hourly throughput*

Total instrument capital cost*

Staff required for testing*

Total staff required*

Recommended testing frequency (Days)*

Total weekly test cost*

Test meets max turnaround time*

Number of people to be tested in a day*

Number of people at home*

Confirmatory test recommended*

Daily cost of confirmatory testing*

Weekly cost of confirmatory testing*

Advanced

Effective test fraction*

Stability criterion*

COVID-19 TESTING IMPACT CALCULATOR

The results assume that 100% of an organization’s population is tested prior to initiating a screening protocol.

INDIVIDUAL TESTING STRATEGIES

POOLED TESTING STRATEGIES

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