Limited effectiveness of systematic screening by nasopharyngeal RT-PCR of medicalized nursing home staff after a first case of COVID-19 in a resident

Med Mal Infect. 2020 Nov;50(8):748-750. doi: 10.1016/j.medmal.2020.04.020. Epub 2020 May 4.
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Keywords: COVID-19; Health worker; Medicalized nursing home.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • COVID-19 / diagnosis*
  • COVID-19 / transmission
  • COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Testing / standards*
  • False Negative Reactions
  • Female
  • France / epidemiology
  • Homes for the Aged*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mass Screening / methods
  • Mass Screening / organization & administration
  • Mass Screening / standards
  • Middle Aged
  • Nasopharynx / virology*
  • Nursing Homes*
  • Nursing Staff, Hospital / statistics & numerical data
  • Pandemics
  • Program Evaluation
  • RNA, Viral / analysis
  • RNA, Viral / isolation & purification
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • SARS-CoV-2 / genetics
  • SARS-CoV-2 / isolation & purification

Substances

  • RNA, Viral