Wall Street Journalさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Wall Street JournalInstagram)「Thousands of Covid-19 rapid-testing devices are sitting idle in nursing homes around the country, even as some of the facilities face delays in getting results from outside labs, according to federal data.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ The federal government spent more than $100 million to send rapid-testing equipment to the vast majority of the nation’s nursing homes, but some industry executives say they are concerned about the accuracy of the point-of-care tests, the staff time involved in using them, and guidelines in some states that discourage use of the tests. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ The equipment, which allows nursing homes to perform tests on the premises and get fast results, is supposed to help ensure that facilities can catch coronavirus infections early, before they spread. Long-term-care facilities have been tied to more than 88,000 Covid-19 deaths in the U.S. since the start of the pandemic, according to a WSJ tally of recent state, local and federal data.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Nursing homes are confused about differing state and federal regulations and recommendations, and how best to use the rapid tests, said Michael L. Barnett, an assistant professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, who noted that the federally supplied machines “are not providing what they need, and they’re voting with their feet.” ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Read more at the link in our bio.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Photo: Seth Wenig/Associated Press」11月12日 6時00分