Current awareness updates
Implementing lateral flow devices in long-term care facilities: experiences from the Liverpool COVID-19 community testing pilot in care homes- a qualitative study. [Abstract]
Kierkegaard P. BMC Health Services Research 2021;21(1):1153.
[Our study demonstrates that the real-world implementation of LFDs to test visitors and staff faces significant challenges as a result of several contextual factors negatively affecting the work practice and environment. More comprehensive studies are needed to identify and inform effective implementation strategies to ensure that LFDs can be adopted in an agile way that better supports an already exhausted and morally depleted workforce.]
Urgent need to develop evidence-based COVID-19 recommendations for primary schools.
Patel S. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2021;106(11):1039-1040.
[Implementation of evidence-based recommendations for primary school is a priority for all governments to avoid young children unnecessarily missing significant quantities of schooling this winter, along with a knock-on effect on their families. Parents and teachers need to understand that new evidence and transmission rates will continually be reviewed and recommendations will change if required.]