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cord-325953-yvtyh27k	Shea, Yat-Fung	Maintaining zero COVID-19 infection among long term care facility residents in Hong Kong	2020-05-29		.txt	text/plain	527	41	59	title: Maintaining zero COVID-19 infection among long term care facility residents in Hong Kong Maintaining zero COVID-19 infections among long term care facility residents in Hong Kong 3 4 1 In long-term care facilities (LTCFs), the risk of 6 serious outbreaks is great given a higher prevalence of dementia and potential poor resident 7 compliance with infection control measures such as hand hygiene and wearing of surgical masks. All staff (n=60) and most residents (n=102) in the involved 55 facilities were instructed to save deep throat secretions or throat swab for SARS-CoV-2 by real-time 56 reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) and the tests were repeated 8-9 days apart 57 during the quarantine period. Conclusions and Implication: We achieved a zero COVID-19 infection rate among LTCF residents 64 because of strict hand hygiene, near 100% compliance among staff in wearing of surgical masks, 65 prohibition of visitors and reducing the frequency of on-site physician visits. Asymptomatic and Presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 77 Infections in Residents of a Long-Term Care Skilled Nursing Facility -King County	./cache/cord-325953-yvtyh27k.txt	./txt/cord-325953-yvtyh27k.txt