By: Dr Sarah House and Eric Fewster Building on previous analysis of IPC guidance and the history of asymptomatic transmission In early April 2020 we… Read More »An Infection Prevention and Control perspective on why COVID-19 has had such a deadly impact on care home residents in the UK
PREPRINT (not yet peer reviewed): SARS-CoV-2 infection, clinical features and outcome of COVID-19 in United Kingdom nursing homesNeil SN Graham, Cornelia Junghans, Rawlda Downes, Catherine Sendall, Helen Lai, Annie McKirdy, Paul Elliott, Robert Howard, David Wingfield, Miles Priestman, Marta Ciechonska, Loren Cameron, Marko Storch, Michael Crone, Paul Freemont, Paul Randell, Robert McLaren, Nicola Lang, Shamez Ladhani, Frances Sanderson, David J SharpmedRxiv 2020.05.19.20105460; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.19.20105460 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.19.20105460v1 They study: Aim: to… Read More »Emerging evidence summary: SARS-CoV-2 infection, clinical features and outcome of COVID-19 in United Kingdom nursing homes (preprint)
Arons MM, Hatfield KM, Reddy SC, et al. Presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Transmission in a Skilled Nursing Facility. N Engl J Med. April 2020:NEJMoa2008457. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa2008457… Read More »Article Summary: Presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Transmission in a Skilled Nursing Facility
Adelina Comas-Herrera, CPEC-LSE In the guidance documents on how to contain the spread of COVID-19 infections in care homes in most countries (including the UK),… Read More »The problem of asymptomatic positive infections among care home staff and residents: emerging evidence and implications
