Universal and serial laboratory testing for SARS-CoV-2 at a long-term care skilled nursing facility for veterans — Los Angeles, California, 2020.

Amy V Dora; Alexander Winnett; Lauren P Jatt; Kusha Davar; Mika Watanabe; Linda Sohn; Hannah S Kern; Christopher J Graber; Matthew B Goetz

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Universal and serial laboratory testing for SARS-CoV-2 at a long-term care skilled nursing facility for veterans — Los Angeles, California, 2020.

June 10, 2020

Dora AV, Winnett A, Jatt LP, et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020;69(21):651-655.

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This report describes an outbreak of COVID-19 among residents at one skilled nursing facility in Los Angeles between March 28 and April 23, 2020 and highlights the high asymptomatic prevalence of COVID-19 and unique risk to residents and staff at long-term care facilities. Authors emphasize that universal and serial RT-PCR testing, rapid isolation, and cohorting can disrupt transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

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