Universal COVID-19 testing following detection of new cases in 11 long-term care facilities

What The Study Did: The outcomes of universal COVID-19 testing following the discovery of new cases in 11 long-term care facilities in the U.S. are evaluated in this observational study.

Authors: Morgan J. Katz, M.D,, M.H.S., of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3738)

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