COVID outbreak after the 1st dose of COVID vaccine among the nursing home residents: What happened? Academic Article

abstract

• The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID19 vaccine among nursing home residents by exploringthe outcomes of a major COVID-19 outbreak following COVID-19 vaccination in a nursing home located at a metropolitan area of South-Central Texas. 91 residents resided in this nursing home during the outbreak, and 86 residents received the 1stdose ofCOVID-19 vaccine on January 4th, 2021. A retrospective chart review explored outcomes ofthisoutbreak by accessing the electronic medical records from January 4th, 2021 thru February 28th, 2021. Residents partially vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccine were found less likely to be symptomatic during thisoutbreak. The risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection was significantly lower among residents who received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Completion of both doses of COVID vaccination for all nursing home residents is essential and can prevent future COVID-19 outbreaks in nursing homes.

authors

• Ye, Ping

published proceedings

• Geriatr Nurs

altmetric score

• 56.55

author list (cited authors)

• Ye, P., Fry, L., Liu, H., Ledesma, S., & Champion, J. D.

citation count

• 2

publication date

• September 2021

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

keywords

• Covid-19
• Covid-19 Vaccine
• Covid-19 Vaccines
• Disease Outbreaks
• Humans
• Nursing Home
• Nursing Homes
• Retrospective Studies
• Sars-cov-2
• Vaccines

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2021.06.022

start page

• 1105

end page

• 1108

volume

• 42

issue

• 5

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2021.06.022

user-defined tag

• 3 Good Health and Well-Being