2023
Lessons Learned from the Connecticut Response to COVID-19 in Nursing Homes during the First 2 Years of the Pandemic
Goodwin J, Harizaj A, Armstrong J, Maloney M, Ehrlich H, Leung V, Parikh S. Lessons Learned from the Connecticut Response to COVID-19 in Nursing Homes during the First 2 Years of the Pandemic. Journal Of The American Medical Directors Association 2023, 24: 1573-1578.e1. PMID: 37591486, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2023.07.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNursing homesSARS-CoV-2-related deathLong-term care facilitiesNursing home residentsPublic healthConnecticut nursing homesPublic health crisisCOVID-19 casesHome residentsCOVID-19 surveillance systemCare facilitiesDeath burdenEarly pandemicLong-term care industryPandemic threatCOVID-19Connecticut DepartmentHealth crisisSurveillance systemInterventionPandemicHealthConnecticut populationHomeVaccine
2021
Repeat positive SARS-CoV-2 RNA testing in nursing home residents during the initial 9 months of the COVID-19 pandemic: an observational retrospective analysis
Armstrong JN, Campbell L, Rabatsky-her T, Leung V, Parikh S. Repeat positive SARS-CoV-2 RNA testing in nursing home residents during the initial 9 months of the COVID-19 pandemic: an observational retrospective analysis. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 2021, 3: 100054. PMID: 34458887, PMCID: PMC8380052, DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2021.100054.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRepeat positive testNursing home residentsPositive testHome residentsNursing homesSARS-CoV-2 RNA testingInitial positive test resultNegative RT-PCR testSARS-CoV-2 testingInitial positive testObservational retrospective analysisNursing home populationCOVID-19 vaccinationPositive test resultsYounger age groupsSARS-CoV-2 diagnosisSARS-CoV-2RT-PCR testPublic health guidanceInitial positive resultsNursing home casesMultiple comorbiditiesMedian timeProtective immunityRNA testingSARS-CoV-2 in Nursing Homes after 3 Months of Serial, Facilitywide Point Prevalence Testing, Connecticut, USA - Volume 27, Number 5—May 2021 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Ehrlich HY, Harizaj A, Campbell L, Colt M, Yuan K, Rabatsky-Ehr T, Weinberger DM, Leung V, Niccolai LM, Parikh S. SARS-CoV-2 in Nursing Homes after 3 Months of Serial, Facilitywide Point Prevalence Testing, Connecticut, USA - Volume 27, Number 5—May 2021 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2021, 27: 1288-1295. PMID: 33900171, PMCID: PMC8084507, DOI: 10.3201/eid2705.204936.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPoint prevalence surveyNursing homesInfectious Diseases journal - CDCPublic health surveillance dataInfection prevention measuresNursing home staffSARS-CoV-2Health surveillance dataPoisson regression modelsCommunity incidenceIncidence ratePrevalence surveyHome staffInfectious personsCoronavirus diseaseInfection statusOutbreak controlSurveillance dataPrevention measuresIncidenceRegression modelsDisease spreadStaffHomeResidents
2020
Point Prevalence Testing of Residents for SARS-CoV-2 in a Subset of Connecticut Nursing Homes
Parikh S, O’Laughlin K, Ehrlich HY, Campbell L, Harizaj A, Durante A, Leung V. Point Prevalence Testing of Residents for SARS-CoV-2 in a Subset of Connecticut Nursing Homes. JAMA 2020, 324: 1101-1103. PMID: 32790860, PMCID: PMC7418038, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2020.14984.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConnecticut nursing homesAcute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infectionNursing homesSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infectionSyndrome coronavirus 2 infectionCoronavirus 2 infectionPolymerase chain reaction testSARS-CoV-2Chain reaction testPoint prevalenceReaction testInfectionPrevalenceResidents