Lessons From Mass-Testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Long-Term Care Facilities for the Elderly in San Francisco. (20th July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Louie, Janice K; Scott, Hyman M; DuBois, Amie; Sturtz, Natalya; Lu, Wendy; Stoltey, Juliet; Masinde, Godfred; Cohen, Stephanie; Sachdev, Darpun; Philip, Susan; Bobba, Naveena; Aragon, Tomas
• Is Part Of: Clinical infectious diseases. Volume 72:Number 11(2021)
• Page Start: 2018
• Page End: 2020
• Publication Date: 2020-07-20
• Subjects: coronavirus -- COVID-19 -- skilled nursing facility -- elderly -- infection control -- mass testing -- health care worker; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; 616.905
• DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1020
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1058-4838

Abstract

Abstract: Coronavirus disease 2019 can cause significant mortality in the elderly in long-term care facilities (LTCF). We describe 4 LTCF outbreaks where mass testing identified a high proportion of asymptomatic infections (4%–41% in healthcare workers and 20%–75% in residents), indicating that symptom-based screening alone is insufficient for monitoring for COVID-19 transmission.