Mitigation of a Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak in a Nursing Home Through Serial Testing of Residents and Staff.

Escobar, Daniel J; Lanzi, Maria; Saberi, Pouné; Love, Ruby; Linkin, Darren R; Kelly, John J; Jhala, Darshana; Amorosa, Valerianna et al. · Clin Infect Dis · 2021

case_series · Level IV

Where this comes from

Abstract

Nursing homes and long-term care facilities represent highly vulnerable environments for respiratory disease outbreaks, such as coronavirus disease 2019 (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.

Medical subject headings