Epidemiology of Covid-19 in a Long-Term Care Facility in King County, Washington

Abstract

In the context of rapidly escalating Covid-19 outbreaks, proactive steps by long-term care facilities to identify and exclude potentially infected staff and visitors, actively monitor for potentially infected patients, and implement appropriate infection prevention and control measures are needed to prevent the introduction of Covid-19.

Keywords

MedicineContext (archaeology)OutbreakCase fatality rateLong-term careIsolation (microbiology)Public healthContact tracingInfection controlQuarantineEpidemiologyCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Environmental healthHealth careMedical emergencyFamily medicineDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)NursingPopulationIntensive care medicineGeographyVirology

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Year: 2020
Type: article
Volume: 382
Issue: 21
Pages: 2005-2011
Citations: 1401
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                                    Temet M. McMichael, 
                                
                                    Dustin W. Currie, 
                                
                                    Shauna Clark
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2020). 
                            Epidemiology of Covid-19 in a Long-Term Care Facility in King County, Washington. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 382
                            (21)
                            , 2005-2011.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa2005412
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2005412