1/ Q: What have we learned about #COVID19 transmission in #nursinghomes?
A: Broad #testing and protective equipment are essential to containing spread and saving lives.
A: Broad #testing and protective equipment are essential to containing spread and saving lives.
2/ Residents of nursing homes and professionals who provide care have been extremely hard hit by #Covid_19. Once the #virus enters a nursing home, the shared living space can make it difficult to contain.
3/ By the time individuals show symptoms of #COVID they are likely to have spread infection.
We see this occur in the following case study case where a Skilled Nursing Facility was hard hit despite symptom monitoring and visitor restrictions:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
We see this occur in the following case study case where a Skilled Nursing Facility was hard hit despite symptom monitoring and visitor restrictions:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
4/ By identifying individuals with infection early through #UniversalTesting, efforts to quarantine and isolate residents + staff briskly are strengthened.
Within group settings, routine testing could provide surveillance of invisible threats before widespread symptoms present.
Within group settings, routine testing could provide surveillance of invisible threats before widespread symptoms present.
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