Successful management of COVID-19 outbreak in a long-term care facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: Epidemiology, challenges for prevention and adaptive management strategies
The global transmission of SARS-COV-2 constitutes a highly challenging situation for long-term care facilities, especially with the lack of standardized and approved procedures. Residents in these facilities are at high risk for contamination due to proximity, and to morbidity and mortality given th...
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| description | The global transmission of SARS-COV-2 constitutes a highly challenging situation for long-term care facilities, especially with the lack of standardized and approved procedures. Residents in these facilities are at high risk for contamination due to proximity, and to morbidity and mortality given their advanced age and critical baseline health conditions. This paper exposes the experience and outcomes of a COVID-19 outbreak in a long-term facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, which occurred after admission of a new resident despite high baseline level of alertness including systematic isolation and screening of all newly admitted residents. We highlight the challenges for case detection and application of protective measures, and describe the adaptive management strategies implemented to contain the outbreak. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a4ed657f072a4495984e5520549aa7832022-12-21T22:35:23ZengElsevierJournal of Infection and Public Health1876-03412021-04-01144521526Successful management of COVID-19 outbreak in a long-term care facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: Epidemiology, challenges for prevention and adaptive management strategiesMaha Mahmoud Saad Alawi0Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, King Abdulaziz University, Infection Control and Environmental Health Unit, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaThe global transmission of SARS-COV-2 constitutes a highly challenging situation for long-term care facilities, especially with the lack of standardized and approved procedures. Residents in these facilities are at high risk for contamination due to proximity, and to morbidity and mortality given their advanced age and critical baseline health conditions. This paper exposes the experience and outcomes of a COVID-19 outbreak in a long-term facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, which occurred after admission of a new resident despite high baseline level of alertness including systematic isolation and screening of all newly admitted residents. We highlight the challenges for case detection and application of protective measures, and describe the adaptive management strategies implemented to contain the outbreak.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034121000058LTCLong term careCovid-19OutbreakManagementSyndromic surveillance |
| spellingShingle | Maha Mahmoud Saad Alawi Successful management of COVID-19 outbreak in a long-term care facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: Epidemiology, challenges for prevention and adaptive management strategies Journal of Infection and Public Health LTC Long term care Covid-19 Outbreak Management Syndromic surveillance |
| title | Successful management of COVID-19 outbreak in a long-term care facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: Epidemiology, challenges for prevention and adaptive management strategies |
| title_full | Successful management of COVID-19 outbreak in a long-term care facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: Epidemiology, challenges for prevention and adaptive management strategies |
| title_fullStr | Successful management of COVID-19 outbreak in a long-term care facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: Epidemiology, challenges for prevention and adaptive management strategies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Successful management of COVID-19 outbreak in a long-term care facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: Epidemiology, challenges for prevention and adaptive management strategies |
| title_short | Successful management of COVID-19 outbreak in a long-term care facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: Epidemiology, challenges for prevention and adaptive management strategies |
| title_sort | successful management of covid 19 outbreak in a long term care facility in jeddah saudi arabia epidemiology challenges for prevention and adaptive management strategies |
| topic | LTC Long term care Covid-19 Outbreak Management Syndromic surveillance |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034121000058 |
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