The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: the race to trace: contact tracing scale-up in San Francisco-early lessons learned.

Autor: Reid M; University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, USA. Michael.reid@ucsf.edu.; Division of Infectious Diseases, UC San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, S380, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA. Michael.reid@ucsf.edu., Enanoria W; University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, USA.; Population Health Division, San Francisco Department of Public of Health, San Francisco, USA., Stoltey J; Population Health Division, San Francisco Department of Public of Health, San Francisco, USA., Philip S; University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, USA.; Population Health Division, San Francisco Department of Public of Health, San Francisco, USA., Fuchs J; Population Health Division, San Francisco Department of Public of Health, San Francisco, USA., Lockwood A; Population Health Division, San Francisco Department of Public of Health, San Francisco, USA., Krueger E; Population Health Division, San Francisco Department of Public of Health, San Francisco, USA., White K; University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, USA., Celentano J; University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, USA., Rutherford G; University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, USA., Scheer S; Population Health Division, San Francisco Department of Public of Health, San Francisco, USA., Nguyen T; Population Health Division, San Francisco Department of Public of Health, San Francisco, USA., Sachdev D; Population Health Division, San Francisco Department of Public of Health, San Francisco, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of public health policy [J Public Health Policy] 2021 Jun; Vol. 42 (2), pp. 211-221. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jun 04.
DOI: 10.1057/s41271-021-00285-y
Abstrakt: In order to effectively control spread of coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), it is essential that jurisdictions have the capacity to rapidly trace close contacts of each and every case. Best practice guidance on how to implement such programs is urgently needed. We describe the early experience in the City and County of San Francisco (CCSF), where the City's Department of Health expanded contact tracing capability in anticipation of changes in San Francisco's 'shelter in place' order between April and June 2020. Important prerequisites to successful scale-up included a rapid expansion of the COVID-19 response workforce, expansion of testing capability, and other containment resources. San Francisco's scale-up offers a model for how other jurisdictions can rapidly mobilize a workforce. We underscore the importance of an efficient digital case management system, effective training, and expansion of supportive service programs for those in quarantine or isolation, and metrics to ensure continuous performance improvement.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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