Lessons From Mass-Testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Long-Term Care Facilities for the Elderly in San Francisco.

Susan Philip,Watson Lisa,Tomás Aragón ,Ongpin Melissa,Hyman Scott ,Naveena Bobba,Stéphanie Cohen ,Darpun Sachdev,Lemen Kaylene,Juliet Stoltey,Corona Adam,Zarate Sheilah,Natalya Sturtz,Lee George,Copeland Nicole,Alonso Sabrina,Allen-Contreras Robin,Godfred Masinde,Wendy Lu,Janice K Louie ,Amie Dubois

doi:10.1093/cid/ciaa1020

Lessons From Mass-Testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Long-Term Care Facilities for the Elderly in San Francisco.

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Journal: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America	Publication Date: Jul 20, 2020
Citations: 46	License type: NO-CC CODE

Affiliation: San Francisco Department of Public Health, University of California, San Francisco, University of California, Berkeley

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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.

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