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COVID-19 Test Result Turnaround Time for Residents and Staff in US Nursing Homes

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: COVID-19 Test Result Turnaround Time for Residents and Staff in US Nursing HomesSkilled nursing facility (SNF) residents comprise over 40% of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) deaths nationally. 1 Surveillance testing is critical for controlling asymptomatic and presymptomatic viral transmission in these high-risk settings.2 For surveillance testing in SNFs to effectively guide infection control, results need to be obtained in less than 1 day.3 To facilitate such rapid testing, 4 Medicare began distributing pointof-care severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 antigen test instruments in July 2020, focused on SNFs in COVID-19 hot spot counties.5 Little is known about the adequacy of test result turnaround in SNFs.

Source: JAMA Internal Medicine

DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.7330

Authors: Brian E. McGarry, Gillian K. SteelFisher, David C. Grabowski, Michael L. Barnett

Institutions: University of Rochester Medicine, University of Rochester, Harvard University, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Language: English

Topic: SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging