Studying a multistate sample of 294 nursing homes over the period April 2020–March 2021, the authors find day-shift staff had the highest testing rates and odds of vaccination, while night-shift staff had the lowest.
These results suggest that “equitable access to testing and vaccination for staff across all shifts—a structural factor—was an important determinant of successful implementation [of COVID-19 interventions].”
White and coauthors also report variation in testing and vaccination patterns by job category, with certified nursing assistants and certified medical assistants and housekeeping and maintenance staff, on average, testing less frequently than registered nurses.
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Lisa Rotenstein On The Intersection Of Primary And Mental Health Care
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