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

Guery, R; Delaye, C; Brule, N; Nael, V; Castain, L; Raffi, F; De Decker, L

Guery, R; Delaye, C; Brule, N; Nael, V; Castain, L; Raffi, F; De Decker, L.

Guery R; Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, CIC UIC 1413 inserm, CHU de Nantes, 44093 Nantes, France. Electronic address: romain.guery@yahoo.fr.
Delaye C; Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, CIC UIC 1413 inserm, CHU de Nantes, 44093 Nantes, France.
Brule N; Service de Santé au Travail, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France.
Nael V; Service de Santé au Travail, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France.
Castain L; Service de Virologie, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France.
Raffi F; Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, CIC UIC 1413 inserm, CHU de Nantes, 44093 Nantes, France.
De Decker L; Service de Médecine Aigue Gériatrique, CHU Nantes, Nantes, France.

Med Mal Infect ; 50(8): 748-750, 2020 11.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1142138

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COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Testing/standards; COVID-19/diagnosis; Homes for the Aged; Nasopharynx/virology; Nursing Homes; Adult; Aged, 80 and over; COVID-19/transmission; False Negative Reactions; Female; France/epidemiology; Humans; Male; Mass Screening/methods; Mass Screening/organization & administration; Mass Screening/standards; Middle Aged; 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

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COVID-19; Health worker; Medicalized nursing home

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Nasopharynx / COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Testing / COVID-19 / Homes for the Aged / Nursing Homes Type of study: Case report / Diagnostic study / Experimental Studies / Observational study / Systematic review/Meta Analysis Limits: Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: English Journal: Med Mal Infect Year: 2020 Document Type: Article

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