The Longer Wait for Covid PCR Test Results

Slower turnaround times for lab-based PCR tests, coupled with a shortage of rapid antigen tests, have strained efforts to contain omicron in U.S. nursing homes.

NOTE: Data is from more than 10,800 nursing homes. An additional 4,300 nursing homes either reported sending no covid tests to labs or did not report any data to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
CREDIT: Holly Hacker and Hannah Norman/KHN SOURCE: KHN analysis of data from CMS Embed
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