Lessons from Mass-Testing for COVID-19 in Long Term Care Facilities for the Elderly in San Francisco

COVID-19 can cause significant mortality in the elderly in Long Term Care Facilities (LTCF). We describe four LTCF outbreaks where mass testing identified a high proportion of asymptomatic infections (4-41% in health care workers and 20-75% in residents), indicating that symptom-based screening alon...

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Published inClinical infectious diseases
Main 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
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published US Oxford University Press 20.07.2020
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Summary:COVID-19 can cause significant mortality in the elderly in Long Term Care Facilities (LTCF). We describe four LTCF outbreaks where mass testing identified a high proportion of asymptomatic infections (4-41% in health care workers and 20-75% in residents), indicating that symptom-based screening alone is insufficient for monitoring for COVID-19 transmission.
ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
DOI:10.1093/cid/ciaa1020