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Table 2 Search strategy

From: Learning from the covid-19 outbreaks in long-term care facilities: a systematic review

Population

(“Residential Facilities” OR “Assisted Living Facilities” OR “Homes for the Aged” OR “Nursing Homes” OR “Long-Term Care” OR “residential aged care” OR “Long-Term Care Facilities”)

Intervention

((“organization and administration” OR “health facility administration” OR “Guidelines” OR “practice guidelines” OR “Guidance” OR “Containment strategy” OR “Containment of Biohazards” OR “managed care programs” OR “training programs” OR “Risk assessment” OR "Guidelines as Topic" OR "Health Planning Guidelines" OR "Practice Guidelines as Topic" OR "Guideline")

AND

(“Disease Transmission” OR “Disease Transmission, Infectious” OR “Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient” OR “Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional” OR “Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional” OR “Disease Transmission, Professional-to- Patient” OR “Infection Control” OR “Risk Factors” OR “Risk reduction behaviour” OR “Harm reduction”))

AND

(“COVID-19” OR “2019-nCoV” OR “SARS-CoV2”)

Comparison

No specific comparator was employed

Outcomes

(Patients OR Mortality OR morbidity OR “disease outbreak*” OR “cause of death” OR cases* OR hospitaliz* OR “attack rate1” OR “case index”)

Time

 ≥ 2021

  1. 1 We understand "attack rate" as a measure used in epidemiology to describe the frequency of new cases of a specific disease or condition within a population over a specified period. It is expressed as a percentage, representing the proportion of at-risk individuals developing the disease during the outbreak