COVID-19 in pediatric long-term care: How infection control and prevention practices minimized the impact of the pandemic on healthcare providers and residents

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Children in pediatric long-term care (LTC) facilities are commonly infected with respiratory tract viruses as they have many high-risk co-morbidities and require significant interactions with the healthcare team. From previous studies, we know that infected staff can often be the source of transmission of infection to the children. If instituted quickly, infection control practices can help mitigate the spread of infection. We will describe how Sunshine Children's Home and Rehabilitation Center responded to federal and state infection control and prevention mandates in LTC for COVID-19. We will report our practice changes, staff and resident screening, and testing results as well as outcomes of the COVID-19-infected cases. The outcomes for COVID-19 infection among pediatric LTC staff and residents are in stark contrast to the data available for the adult providers and residents in adult nursing homes. Implementation and change in infection control practices and procedures resulted in much fewer cases of COVID-19 infection in our pediatric LTC residents.

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Neu, N., Nee, M. C., Savitt, J., Connelly, L. S., Choi, J. S., & Mosiello, L. (2020). COVID-19 in pediatric long-term care: How infection control and prevention practices minimized the impact of the pandemic on healthcare providers and residents. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 9(5), 626–629. https://doi.org/10.1093/JPIDS/PIAA122

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