An assessment of the impact of the vaccination program on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreaks in care homes in Northern Ireland-A pilot study

Mark McConaghy¹, Muhammad Sartaj¹, Barbara R Conway^{2

3}, Mamoon A Aldeyab²

Affiliations

¹ Public Health Agency, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
² Department of Pharmacy, School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom.
³ Institute of Skin Integrity and Infection Prevention, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK.

Mark McConaghy et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 Aug.

. 2022 Aug;43(8):1094-1096.

doi: 10.1017/ice.2021.169. Epub 2021 Apr 15.

Mark McConaghy¹, Muhammad Sartaj¹, Barbara R Conway^{2

3}, Mamoon A Aldeyab²

¹ Public Health Agency, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
² Department of Pharmacy, School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom.
³ Institute of Skin Integrity and Infection Prevention, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK.

No abstract available

References

1. Comas-Herrera A, Zalakaín J, Lemmon E, et al. Mortality associated with COVID-19 in care homes: international evidence. LTCcovid.org website. https://ltccovid.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Mortality-associated-wit.... Published February 1, 2021. Accessed March 25, 2021.
1. Gordon AL, Goodman C, Achterberg W, et al. Commentary: COVID in care homes—challenges and dilemmas in healthcare delivery. Age Ageing 2020;49:701–705. - PMC - PubMed
1. Gordon AL, Franklin M, Bradshaw L, et al. Health status of UK care home residents: a cohort study. Age Ageing 2014;43:97–103. - PMC - PubMed
1. Atkins JL, Masoli JAH, Delgado J, et al. Preexisting comorbidities predicting COVID-19 and mortality in the UK biobank community cohort. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2020;75:2224–2230. - PMC - PubMed
1. Polack FP, Thomas SJ, Kitchin N, et al. Safety and efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. N Engl J Med 2020;383:2603–2615. - PMC - PubMed