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  • Infectious disease epidemiology
  • Public health interventions
  • Geriatric care

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  • Nursing home residents are highly vulnerable to infectious disease outbreaks.
  • Effective mitigation strategies are crucial to protect this population.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the effectiveness of various mitigation measures against infectious diseases in nursing homes.
  • To identify optimal strategies for preventing outbreaks in long-term care facilities.

Main Methods:

  • Agent-based simulation of a nursing home environment.
  • Utilized real-world data on healthcare worker (HCW) movement.
  • Modeled COVID-19 transmission under different community prevalence scenarios.

Main Results:

  • Contact restrictions reduced attack rates by 35%, outperforming screening (27% reduction).
  • Combining contact restrictions and screening reduced attack rates by over 94%.
  • Reducing HCW presenteeism showed moderate benefits, while altered HCW schedules had minimal impact.

Conclusions:

  • Universal contact restrictions are highly effective but can impact resident well-being.
  • Restricting resident contact to small groups (e.g., 4) combined with weekly testing is effective, especially during high transmission periods.