Estimation of Transmission of COVID-19 in Simulated Nursing Homes With Frequent Testing and Immunity-Based Staffing.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Nursing homes and other long-term care facilities have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Strategies are urgently needed to reduce transmission in these high-risk populations.

Objective

To evaluate COVID-19 transmission in nursing homes associated with contact-targeted interventions and testing.

Design, setting, and participants

This decision analytical modeling study developed an agent-based susceptible-exposed-infectious (asymptomatic/symptomatic)-recovered model between July and September 2020 to examine SARS-CoV-2 transmission in nursing homes. Residents and staff of a simulated nursing home with 100 residents and 100 staff split among 3 shifts were modeled individually; residents were split into 2 cohorts based on COVID-19 diagn

SUBMITTER: Holmdahl I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8122229 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature