COVID-19 testing during care home outbreaks: the more the better?

Autor: Barker, Robert O, Astle, Anita, Spilsbury, Karen, Hanratty, Barbara
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Zdroj: Age & Ageing; Sep2021, Vol. 50 Issue 5, p1433-1435, 3p
Abstrakt: The author comments on a research paper on mass testing as a means to mitigate further transmission of COVID-19 infection in care homes in Great Britain, which references a study by S. Tang et al., published in an issue of "Age and Ageing." Topics discussed include the basis to declare an outbreak under the British policy, the requirement for a polymerase chain reaction testing during an outbreak, and the significant role of an intensive testing regimens in public health.
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