Sarah M Bartsch, Colleen Weatherwax, Marie F Martinez, Kevin L Chin, Michael R Wasserman, Raveena D Singh, Jessie L Heneghan, Gabrielle M Gussin, Sheryl A Scannell, Cameron White, Bruce Leff, Susan S Huang, Bruce Y Lee
OBJECTIVE: Nursing home residents may be particularly vulnerable to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Therefore, a question is when and how often nursing homes should test staff for COVID-19 and how this may change as severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) evolves. DESIGN: We developed an agent-based model representing a typical nursing home, COVID-19 spread, and its health and economic outcomes to determine the clinical and economic value of various screening and isolation strategies and how it may change under various circumstances...
February 15, 2024: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology