Admissions of COVID-positive patients to US nursing homes with personal protective equipment or staffing shortages.

ABSTRACT:

Background

US nursing homes are required to follow Centers for Disease Control guidance for COVID-19 transmission-based precautions (TBP) when admitting COVID-positive patients.

Objective

To assess how frequently nursing homes had shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) or staffing in weeks when they admitted COVID-positive patients, which likely made it more difficult to follow TBP, and to compare facility characteristics by admissions practices.

Design and setting

Facility-level data from the Nursing Home COVID-19 Public File for the period between June 7, 2020 and March 7, 2021 was combined with additional data. The percentages of nursing homes that admitted COVID-positive patients and that had shortages when admitting were calculated for each week. Descri

SUBMITTER: Gibson DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8242553 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature