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COVID-19 in a Long-Term Care Facility — King County, Washington, February 27–March 9, 2020
- Source :
- Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020.
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Abstract
- On February 28, 2020, a case of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was identified in a woman resident of a long-term care skilled nursing facility (facility A) in King County, Washington.* Epidemiologic investigation of facility A identified 129 cases of COVID-19 associated with facility A, including 81 of the residents, 34 staff members, and 14 visitors; 23 persons died. Limitations in effective infection control and prevention and staff members working in multiple facilities contributed to intra- and interfacility spread. COVID-19 can spread rapidly in long-term residential care facilities, and persons with chronic underlying medical conditions are at greater risk for COVID-19-associated severe disease and death. Long-term care facilities should take proactive steps to protect the health of residents and preserve the health care workforce by identifying and excluding potentially infected staff members and visitors, ensuring early recognition of potentially infected patients, and implementing appropriate infection control measures.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Washington
Health (social science)
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Epidemiology
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Pneumonia, Viral
MEDLINE
Severe disease
Disease
01 natural sciences
Residential Facilities
Disease Outbreaks
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
0302 clinical medicine
Fatal Outcome
Health Information Management
Risk Factors
Infection control
Medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Full Report
0101 mathematics
Aged
Skilled Nursing Facilities
Aged, 80 and over
Infection Control
business.industry
010102 general mathematics
COVID-19
General Medicine
Health care workforce
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Long-Term Care
Long-term care
Chronic Disease
Female
Medical emergency
Skilled Nursing Facility
business
Coronavirus Infections
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1545861X and 01492195
- Volume :
- 69
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....fd47b9947eb4641d3861a2b3d6b6bedc