Outcomes of Universal COVID-19 Testing Following Detection of Incident Cases in 11 Long-term Care Facilities

Benjamin F Bigelow; Olive Tang; Bryan Barshick; Matthew Peters; Stephen D Sisson; Kimberly S Peairs; Morgan J Katz

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3738

Outcomes of Universal COVID-19 Testing Following Detection of Incident Cases in 11 Long-term Care Facilities

JAMA Intern Med. 2021 Jan 1;181(1):127-129. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3738.

Authors

Benjamin F Bigelow¹, Olive Tang¹, Bryan Barshick¹, Matthew Peters², Stephen D Sisson¹, Kimberly S Peairs¹, Morgan J Katz¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Department of Cardiology, St Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study evaluates the outcomes of universal COVID-19 testing following discovery of incident cases in 11 long-term care facilities in the US.

MeSH terms

Assisted Living Facilities*
Asymptomatic Infections / epidemiology
COVID-19 / diagnosis*
COVID-19 / epidemiology
COVID-19 / mortality
COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Testing
Carrier State / diagnosis*
Carrier State / epidemiology
Contact Tracing
Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Long-Term Care
Maryland / epidemiology
Mass Screening
Nursing Homes*
SARS-CoV-2
United States

Abstract

MeSH terms

Grants and funding