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Containment of COVID-19 outbreaks with lower incidence and case fatality rates in long-term care facilities by early intervention of emergency response teams

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  • Kouki Akahoshi
  • Keiko Nakamura
  • Hisayoshi Kondo
  • Akinori Wakai
  • Yuichi Koido

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Objective: To examine whether post-outbreak early-phase interventions by emergency response teams (ERTs) in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) contribute to containment with lower incidence and case-fatality rate of COVID-19 and analyse the required assistance. Methods: Records from 59 LTCFs (28 hospitals, 15 nursing homes, and 16 homes) assisted by ERTs after the COVID-19 outbreak, between May 2020 and January 2021, were used for the analysis. Incidence and case-fatality rates among 6,432 residents and 8,586 care workers were calculated. The daily reports of ERTs were reviewed, and content analysis was performed. Results: Incidence rates among residents and care workers with early phase (

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  • Kouki Akahoshi & Keiko Nakamura & Hisayoshi Kondo & Akinori Wakai & Yuichi Koido, 2023. "Containment of COVID-19 outbreaks with lower incidence and case fatality rates in long-term care facilities by early intervention of emergency response teams," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 18(6), pages 1-13, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0287675
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0287675
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