Effectiveness of up-to-date COVID-19 vaccination in preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection among nursing home residents: study reveals 31.2% protection covid COVID19 SARSCov2 vaccine vaccination
By Neha MathurJun 26 2023Reviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLM In a recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the United States Centers for Disease Prevention and Control reported findings of the surveillance of nursing home residents by the National Healthcare Safety Network , wherein they surveyed whether they were up-to-date with coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination.
Background The NHSN defined up-to-date COVID-19 vaccination as the receipt of a bivalent messenger ribonucleic acid technology-based COVID-19 vaccine or a primary series within the preceding two months, starting from October 2022. The NHSN data comprised the number of SARS-CoV-2-infected cases and the number of nursing home residents stratified by patient vaccination status. Notably, in the US, all Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services -certified nursing homes submit weekly incident COVID-19 cases and vaccination data to NHSN.
The study model used the nursing home randomly to understand inter-facility variability. The study covariates were calendar week, social vulnerability index , and county-level incidence, to name a few. Finally, they estimated VE against SARS-CoV-2 infection as one − rate ratio x100.
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