1. COVID-19 testing during care home outbreaks: the more the better?
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Barker, Robert O, Astle, Anita, Spilsbury, Karen, and Hanratty, Barbara
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SERIAL publications , *PREVENTION of communicable diseases , *NURSING care facilities , *COVID-19 testing , *COVID-19 pandemic - Abstract
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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- 2021
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