COVID-19 point-of-care testing in care homes: what are the lessons for policy and practice?

COVID-19 has devastated care homes. Point-of-care tests (POCTs), mainly using lateral flow devices (LFDs), have been deployed hurriedly without much consideration of their usability or impact on care workflow. Even after the pandemic, POCTs, particularly multiplex tests, may be an important control...

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Publicado en:	Age & Ageing Vol. 50; no. 5; pp. 1442 - 1445
Autores principales:	Buckle, Peter, Micocci, Massimo, Tulloch, John, Kierkegaard, Patrick, Parvulescu, Paula, Thompson, Carl, Spilsbury, Karen, Allen, A Joy, Body, Richard, Hayward, Gail, Buchan, Iain, Gordon, Adam L
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Oxford University Press / USA Sep2021
Materias:	Health policy Professions Prevention of communicable diseases Medical care costs Nursing care facilities Legal compliance Working hours Elder care Old age Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction COVID-19 Point-of-care testing COVID-19 testing Polymerase chain reaction
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