Background Long-term care facilities (LTCFs) are vulnerable to outbreaks of coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19). Timely epidemiological surveillance is essential for outbreak …

Preventing COVID-19 Outbreaks in Long-Term Care Facilities Through Preemptive Testing of
Residents and Staff Members — Fulton County, Georgia, March–May 2020 | MMWR Skip …

Background Significant nosocomial transmission of SARS-CoV-2 has been demonstrated.
Understanding the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 carriage amongst HCWs at work is …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in 2019 and has
become a major global pathogen in an astonishingly short period of time. The emergence of …

Background Despite widespread adoption of surveillance testing for coronavirus disease
2019 (Covid-19) among staff members in skilled nursing facilities, evidence is limited …

Elderly care facilities have become a major focus of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
control. Here, we describe an outbreak of COVID-19 in a nursing home in Germany from 8 …

We collected data from 10 EU/EEA countries on 240 COVID-19 outbreaks occurring from
July− October 2021 in long-term care facilities with high vaccination coverage. Among …

Background Long-term care facilities (LTCF) worldwide have suffered high rates of COVID-
19, reflecting the vulnerability of the persons who live there and the institutional nature of …

Routine asymptomatic testing strategies for COVID-19 have been proposed to prevent
outbreaks in high-risk healthcare environments. We used simulation modeling to evaluate …

In two health department jurisdictions, testing in facilities without a previous COVID-19 case
identified a prevalence of 0.4%. Five health department jurisdictions that targeted facility …