Outcomes of Universal COVID-19 Testing Following Detection of Incident Cases in 11 Long-term Care Facilities

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3738

. 2021 Jan 1;181(1):127-129.

doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3738.

Outcomes of Universal COVID-19 Testing Following Detection of Incident Cases in 11 Long-term Care Facilities

Benjamin F Bigelow¹, Olive Tang¹, Bryan Barshick¹, Matthew Peters², Stephen D Sisson¹, Kimberly S Peairs¹, Morgan J Katz¹

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¹ Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Department of Cardiology, St Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.

PMID: 32662818
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DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3738

Outcomes of Universal COVID-19 Testing Following Detection of Incident Cases in 11 Long-term Care Facilities

Benjamin F Bigelow et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2021.

. 2021 Jan 1;181(1):127-129.

doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3738.

Authors

Benjamin F Bigelow¹, Olive Tang¹, Bryan Barshick¹, Matthew Peters², Stephen D Sisson¹, Kimberly S Peairs¹, Morgan J Katz¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Department of Cardiology, St Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.

PMID: 32662818
PMCID: PMC7362191
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3738

Abstract

This cross-sectional study evaluates the outcomes of universal COVID-19 testing following discovery of incident cases in 11 long-term care facilities in the US.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Katz reports grants from CDC, personal fees from FutureCare, grants from AHRQ, and personal fees from Roche outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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[1] Wang L, He W, Yu X, et al. . Coronavirus disease 2019 in elderly patients: characteristics and prognostic factors based on 4-week follow-up. J Infect. 2020;80(6):639-645. doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2020.03.019 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[2] Wang L, He W, Yu X, et al. . Coronavirus disease 2019 in elderly patients: characteristics and prognostic factors based on 4-week follow-up. J Infect. 2020;80(6):639-645. doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2020.03.019 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[3] Kimball A, Hatfield KM, Arons M, et al. ; Public Health—Seattle & King County; CDC COVID-19 Investigation Team . Asymptomatic and presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections in residents of a long-term care skilled nursing facility—King County, Washington, March 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020;69(13):377-381. doi:10.15585/mmwr.mm6913e1 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[4] Kimball A, Hatfield KM, Arons M, et al. ; Public Health—Seattle & King County; CDC COVID-19 Investigation Team . Asymptomatic and presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections in residents of a long-term care skilled nursing facility—King County, Washington, March 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020;69(13):377-381. doi:10.15585/mmwr.mm6913e1 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[5] Arons MM, Hatfield KM, Reddy SC, et al. ; Public Health–Seattle and King County and CDC COVID-19 Investigation Team . Presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections and transmission in a skilled nursing facility. N Engl J Med. 2020;382(22):2081-2090. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa2008457 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[6] Arons MM, Hatfield KM, Reddy SC, et al. ; Public Health–Seattle and King County and CDC COVID-19 Investigation Team . Presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections and transmission in a skilled nursing facility. N Engl J Med. 2020;382(22):2081-2090. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa2008457 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[7] Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Long Term Care Facility Reporting on COVID-19. Published 2020. Accessed June 5, 2020. https://www.cms.gov/files/document/covid-nursing-home-reporting-numbers-...

[8] Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Long Term Care Facility Reporting on COVID-19. Published 2020. Accessed June 5, 2020. https://www.cms.gov/files/document/covid-nursing-home-reporting-numbers-...

[9] Wang W, Xu Y, Gao R, et al. . Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in different types of clinical specimens. JAMA. 2020;323(18):1843-1844. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.3786 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[10] Wang W, Xu Y, Gao R, et al. . Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in different types of clinical specimens. JAMA. 2020;323(18):1843-1844. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.3786 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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