Aiming for Zero: Reducing Transmission of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in the D.C. Department of Corrections.

Autor: Epting ME; Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA., Pluznik JA; Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA., Levano SR; Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA., Hua X; Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Environmental Health Sciences, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, USA., Fung ICH; Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Environmental Health Sciences, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, USA., Jordan B; Washington DC Department of Corrections, Washington, District of Columbia, USA., O'Donovan E; Unity Healthcare, Washington, District of Columbia, USA., Robinson KM; Unity Healthcare, Washington, District of Columbia, USA., Chakraborty R; Washington DC Department of Corrections, Washington, District of Columbia, USA., Yousefi B; Washington DC Department of Corrections, Washington, District of Columbia, USA., Michel CJ; Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA., Bowden CJ; Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA., Kapadia A; Unity Healthcare, Washington, District of Columbia, USA., Riback LR; Department of Medicine, Montefiore Hospital, New York City, New York, USA., Mangla AT; Washington DC Department of Health, Washington, District of Columbia, USA., Akiyama MJ; Department of Medicine, Montefiore Hospital, New York City, New York, USA., Spaulding AC; Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Open forum infectious diseases [Open Forum Infect Dis] 2021 Dec 09; Vol. 8 (12), pp. ofab547. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Dec 09 (Print Publication: 2021).
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab547
Abstrakt: Background: Washington, District of Columbia lowered severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 transmission in its large jail while community incidence was still high.
Methods: Coordinated clinical and operational interventions brought new cases to near zero.
Results: Aggressive infection control and underlying jail architecture can promote correctional coronavirus disease 2019 management.
Conclusions: More intensive monitoring could help confirm that in-house transmission is truly zero.
(© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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