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DrPeterBuckle

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer

Principal Research Fellow in Human Factors
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 3312 1820p.buckle

 
 
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1003Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Wing (QEQM)St Mary's Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Buckle:2021:ageing/afab101,
author = {Buckle, P and Micocci, M and Tulloch, J and Kierkegaard, P and Parvulescu, P and Thompson, C and Spilsbury, K and Allen, AJ and Body, R and Hayward, G and Buchan, I and Gordon, AL},
doi = {ageing/afab101},
journal = {Age and Ageing},
pages = {1442--1444},
title = {COVID-19 point-of-care testing in care homes: what are the lessons for policy and practice?},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afab101},
volume = {50},
year = {2021}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - COVID-19 has devastated care homes. Point-of-care tests (POCTs), mainly using lateral flow devices (LFDs), have been deployed hurriedly without much consideration of their usability or impact on care workflow. Even after the pandemic, POCTs, particularly multiplex tests, may be an important control against spread of SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory infections in care homes by enabling identification of cases. They should not, however, replace other infection control measures such as barrier methods and quarantine. Adherence to LFDs as implemented among care home staff is suboptimal. Other tests-such as point-of-care polymerase chain reaction and automated antigen tests-would also need to be accommodated into care home workflows to improve adherence. The up-front costs of POCTs are straightforward but additional costs, including staffing preparation and reporting processes and the impacts of false positive and negative tests on absence rates and infection days, are more complex and as yet unquantified. A detailed appraisal is needed as the future of testing in care homes is considered.
AU  - Buckle,P
AU  - Micocci,M
AU  - Tulloch,J
AU  - Kierkegaard,P
AU  - Parvulescu,P
AU  - Thompson,C
AU  - Spilsbury,K
AU  - Allen,AJ
AU  - Body,R
AU  - Hayward,G
AU  - Buchan,I
AU  - Gordon,AL
DO  - ageing/afab101
EP  - 1444
PY  - 2021///
SN  - 0002-0729
SP  - 1442
TI  - COVID-19 point-of-care testing in care homes: what are the lessons for policy and practice?
T2  - Age and Ageing
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afab101
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33984137
UR  - https://academic.oup.com/ageing/article/50/5/1442/6274739
VL  - 50
ER  -
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