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. 2020 Jul 20:ciaa1021. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1021

Mitigation of a COVID-19 Outbreak in a Nursing Home Through Serial Testing of Residents and Staff

Daniel J Escobar 1,2,, Maria Lanzi 3, Pouné Saberi 2,3,4, Ruby Love RN 5, Darren R Linkin 1,2,6, John J Kelly 1,2,6, Darshana Jhala 2,7,8, Valerianna Amorosa 1,2,6, Mary Hofmann 2,5,9, Jeffrey B Doyon 1,2,6
PMCID: PMC7454414  PMID: 32687198

Abstract

Nursing homes and long-term care facilities represent highly vulnerable environments for respiratory disease outbreaks, such as COVID-19. We describe a COVID-19 outbreak in a nursing home that was rapidly contained by using a universal testing strategy of all residents and nursing home staff.

Keywords: Nursing home, COVID-19, outbreak response, universal testing, long term care


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