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Admissions Of Covid-Positive Patients To Us Nursing Homes With Personal Protective Equipment Or Staffing Shortages, Diane M. Gibson, Jessica Greene
Admissions Of Covid-Positive Patients To Us Nursing Homes With Personal Protective Equipment Or Staffing Shortages, Diane M. Gibson, Jessica Greene
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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 …
State Actions And Shortages Of Personal Protective Equipment And Staff In U.S. Nursing Homes, Diane M. Gibson, Jessica Greene
State Actions And Shortages Of Personal Protective Equipment And Staff In U.S. Nursing Homes, Diane M. Gibson, Jessica Greene
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BACKGROUND: It is crucial that nursing homes have adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) and staff to protect residents and staff from COVID-19. Some states have taken actions to mitigate shortages of PPE and staffing in nursing homes, including creating dedicated long-term care (LTC) teams and supporting staffing capacity.
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether state actions and nursing home characteristics are associated with shortages of PPE and staffing.
DESIGN AND SETTING: Facility-level data, released July 31, 2020, from the Nursing Home COVID-19 Public File, were combined with data from other sources. Our sample was the 13,445 facilities with information about PPE and …