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Care homes in England are being “failed” by a flawed rollout of rapid-result tests, an expert has warned as analysis of a pilot found “poor” adherence and no impact on outbreaks. The majority of staff in 11 Liverpool care homes carried out less than a third of the rapid-result lateral flow device (LFD) tests required over six weeks between December and January, according to a pre-print paper. Researchers from the universities of Liverpool, Nottingham and Imperial College London found no significant difference in the proportion of care homes with outbreaks or the size of outbreaks when...

Care homes in England are being “failed” by a flawed rollout of rapid-result tests, an expert has warned as analysis of a pilot found “poor” adherence and no impact on outbreaks. The majority of staff in 11 Liverpool care homes carried out less than a third of the rapid-result lateral flow device (LFD) tests required over six weeks between December and January, according to a pre-print paper. Researchers from the universities of Liverpool, Nottingham and Imperial College London found no significant difference in the proportion of care homes with outbreaks or the size of outbreaks when...

Advertisement The quaint mix of metric and imperial systems in engineering highlighted by Peter Buckle (C8) reminded David Cox of Annandale that his favourite one from aviation "was cargo density, which used to be measured in kilograms per cubic foot." According to Eric Scott of Bondi Junction, "there is no better icon of mixed measurements (C8) than a piece of 4 x 2 (inches) that routinely comes in lengths of 900 and 1800 (millimetres)." The mention of "the good ol' chain (C8), 22 yards or 66 feet", caused David Gordon of Cranebrook to wager "there weren't 66 feet between one prisoner and th...

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