Halting a SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in a US Veterans Affairs nursing home

George Psevdos; Aikaterini Papamanoli; Nancy Barrett; Lisa Bailey; Monique Thorne; Florence Ford; Zeena Lobo

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2020.10.022

Halting a SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in a US Veterans Affairs nursing home

George Psevdos
, Aikaterini Papamanoli
, Nancy Barrett
, Lisa Bailey
, Monique Thorne
, Florence Ford
, Zeena Lobo

Infectious Diseases

VA Medical Center

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Abstract

A Veterans Affairs long term care facility on Long Island New York was confronted with a COVID-19 outbreak in late March to Mid-April 2020. Faced with a dwindling supply of PPE, the Infection Control team distributed supplies saved for a possible Ebola outbreak. A COVID unit was created within the nursing home facilitating the geographic isolation of cases; universal testing of residents and employees allowed for the implementation of proper quarantine measures. It was a multidisciplinary team approach led by the Infection Control team that successfully contained this outbreak.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	115-119
Number of pages	5
Journal	American Journal of Infection Control
Volume	49
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2020.10.022
State	Published - Jan 2021

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Coronavirus
COVID-19
Long term care facilities

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