{"id":7077,"date":"2020-05-22T16:33:22","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T23:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/?p=7077"},"modified":"2021-03-19T16:34:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T23:34:13","slug":"outbreak-investigation-of-covid-19-among-residents-and-staff-of-an-independent-and-assisted-living-community-for-older-adults-in-seattle-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2020\/05\/22\/outbreak-investigation-of-covid-19-among-residents-and-staff-of-an-independent-and-assisted-living-community-for-older-adults-in-seattle-washington\/","title":{"rendered":"Outbreak Investigation of COVID-19 Among Residents and Staff of an Independent and Assisted Living Community for Older Adults in Seattle, Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In March 2020, public health surveillance of staff and residents at an independent living residence\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">for older adults in Seattle, WA<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">revealed\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">3 of 80 (3.8%)\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">residents (mean age 86 years) and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2 of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">62\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(3.2%)\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">staff<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0infected with SARS-CoV-2<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. None of the three residents\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">reported feeling<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0ill<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">while\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">both staff\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">members\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">were symptomatic.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Repeat testing after o<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ne week<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0identified\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">one new\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">asymptomatic<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ally infected<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">resident<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">All residents were subsequently isolated for 14 days\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and remained clinically stable.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"37\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">findings<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0demonstrate asymptomatic\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">detection of SARS-<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">CoV-2 among older adults in an independent\/assisted living community<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. This highlights the need for continued social\u00a0distancing, strict staff screening, and visitor exclusion in these settings, per current CDC guidance. Symptom screening alone is insufficient to prevent transmission in\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">indep<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">endent\/assisted living communities<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Roxby et al. (May 21, 2020). Outbreak Investigation of COVID-19 Among Residents and Staff of an Independent and Assisted Living Community for Older Adults in Seattle, Washington. JAMA Internal Medicine.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1001\/jamainternmed.2020.2233\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1001\/jamainternmed.2020.2233<\/span><\/i><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In March 2020, public health surveillance of staff and residents at an independent living residence\u00a0for older adults in Seattle, WA\u00a0revealed\u00a03 of 80 (3.8%)\u00a0residents (mean age 86 years) and\u00a02 of\u00a062\u00a0(3.2%)\u00a0staff\u00a0infected with SARS-CoV-2. None of the three residents\u00a0reported feeling\u00a0ill,\u00a0while\u00a0both staff\u00a0members\u00a0were symptomatic.\u00a0Repeat testing after one week\u00a0identified\u00a0one new\u00a0asymptomatically infected\u00a0resident.\u00a0All residents were subsequently isolated for 14 days\u00a0and remained clinically stable.\u00a0&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2020\/05\/22\/outbreak-investigation-of-covid-19-among-residents-and-staff-of-an-independent-and-assisted-living-community-for-older-adults-in-seattle-washington\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"topic":[16],"class_list":["post-7077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-summary","topic-public-health-policy-and-practice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7077"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7078,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7077\/revisions\/7078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7077"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=7077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}