RT @AndyBiotech: #COVID19 NEJM report shows strategies focused on symptomatic pts not sufficient to prevent transmission in nursing facilit…
RT @AndyBiotech: #COVID19 NEJM report shows strategies focused on symptomatic pts not sufficient to prevent transmission in nursing facilit…
#COVID19 NEJM report shows strategies focused on symptomatic pts not sufficient to prevent transmission in nursing facility https://t.co/zvatF1gkuz 23 days after 1st case, 57/89 tested positive 27/48(56%) asymptomatic at time of testing 24/27 subsequently
Presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Transmission in a Skilled Nursing Facility | NEJM https://t.co/UDUjbJgo15
Presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Transmission in a Skilled Nursing Facility | NEJM https://t.co/pwWGPCtNnr
The difference between presymptomatic and asymptomatic #COVID19 is vexing... This is a really nice study providing some insight. In a nursing home outbreak, 64% positive and 1/2 asymptomatic BUT... 89% developed symptoms within 7 days. https://t.co/Ljn4
Presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Transmission in a Skilled Nursing Facility | NEJM https://t.co/MJ8G4tchQs
RT @cingolani_oscar: https://t.co/yndZmM6WIr. New study revealing high transmission in Nursing Facility! These centers should be aggressiv…
Estudio demostrando que más de la mitad de los pacientes infectados por SARS-CoV-2 en una residencia, están asintomáticos o presintomáticos, pero infectantes. Presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Transmission in a Skilled Nursing Facility | NEJM https
RT @cingolani_oscar: https://t.co/yndZmM6WIr. New study revealing high transmission in Nursing Facility! These centers should be aggressiv…
Today's @NEJM paper is worrisome. Within 3 weeks of 1st COVID19 case at a Seattle-area SNF, 64% of residents tested positive; presymptomatic period ~4 days; of infected, 20% hospitalized & 26% died. Asymptomatic transmission will make containment diffi
RT @kavitapmd: Breaking letter from @NEJM 56% of nursing home pts in King Cty were SARS COV-2+ w/o sx: https://t.co/OoIy8eCE9f 1. nursing h…
"More than half of residents with positive test results were asymptomatic at the time of testing and most likely contributed to transmission. Infection-control strategies focused solely on symptomatic residents were not sufficient..." https://t.co/peKT1wFa
Presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Transmission in a Skilled Nursing Facility | NEJM https://t.co/IN0iW1ernD
Important info. If routine and repeated testing cannot be applied, should all be considered infected & isolated once 1st case identified within such confined spaces? Presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Transmission in a Skilled Nursing Facility h
Presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Transmission in a Skilled Nursing Facility | NEJM https://t.co/D9aieJUzlD
RT @kavitapmd: Breaking letter from @NEJM 56% of nursing home pts in King Cty were SARS COV-2+ w/o sx: https://t.co/OoIy8eCE9f 1. nursing h…
#CCC19 #oncoalert SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in a Skilled Nursing Facility | NEJM https://t.co/X2oY62jarP Coronavirus can spread rapidly into nursing facilities, resulting in substantial morbidity/mortality & increasing burden on health care systems @nico
Recent study in NEJM shows over 50% of positive tests for #COVID19 in a nursing home were from asymptomatic patients. https://t.co/Cmdk5rJJuY
Breaking letter from @NEJM 56% of nursing home pts in King Cty were SARS COV-2+ w/o sx: https://t.co/OoIy8eCE9f 1. nursing homes must receive more tests 2. nursing homes must receive more PPE 3. nursing home staff need help/better pay 4. nursing home res
https://t.co/yndZmM6WIr. New study revealing high transmission in Nursing Facility! These centers should be aggressively targeted, tested and act accordingly! #Covid_19 #nursinghomes
Skilled nursing home outbreak invest'n shows viable NP virus present at high viral loads up to 6 DAYS prior to development of symptoms. 3/27 remained asx. shedding may be worse in this elderly pop'n. Yet another hurdle for effective contact tracing. ht
https://t.co/dYcoSHLHL4 Asymptomatic visitors or staff can bring SARS-COV-2 to Old Age Homes. In Hong Kong, we restricted visitors and all staff wear surgical mask in old age homes to prevent outbreak. Our health care staff do NOT use those N95 masks with
"Infection-control strategies focused solely on symptomatic residents were not sufficient to prevent transmission after SARS-CoV-2 introduction into this facility" Presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Transmission in a Skilled Nursing Facility | NEJM
Presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Transmission in a Skilled Nursing Facility | NEJM https://t.co/nLBeWtrSCq
“Consideration should be given to test-based strategies for identifying residents and staff with SARS-CoV-2 infection for the purpose of excluding infected staff and cohorting residents, either in designated units . . . or in a separate facility....” https
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