Covid-19 Surveillance Testing and Resident Outcomes in Nursing Homes.

Brian E McGarry Ashvin D Gandhi Michael L Barnett

Published in: The New England journal of medicine (2023)

Greater surveillance testing of staff members at skilled nursing facilities was associated with clinically meaningful reductions in Covid-19 cases and deaths among residents, particularly before vaccine availability.

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