Adopting World Health Organization Multimodal Infection Prevention and Control Strategies to Respond to COVID-19, Kenya
The World Health Organization advocates a multimodal approach to improving infection prevention and control (IPC) measures, which Kenya adopted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Kenya Ministry of Health formed a national IPC committee for policy and technical leadership, coordination, commu...
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| author | Daniel Kimani Linus Ndegwa Mercy Njeru Eveline Wesangula Frankline Mboya Catherine Macharia Julius Oliech Herman Weyenga George Owiso Kamau Irungu Ulzii-Orshikh Luvsansharav Amy Herman-Roloff |
| author_facet | Daniel Kimani Linus Ndegwa Mercy Njeru Eveline Wesangula Frankline Mboya Catherine Macharia Julius Oliech Herman Weyenga George Owiso Kamau Irungu Ulzii-Orshikh Luvsansharav Amy Herman-Roloff |
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The World Health Organization advocates a multimodal approach to improving infection prevention and control (IPC) measures, which Kenya adopted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Kenya Ministry of Health formed a national IPC committee for policy and technical leadership, coordination, communication, and training. During March–November 2020, a total of 69,892 of 121,500 (57.5%) healthcare workers were trained on IPC. Facility readiness assessments were conducted in 777 health facilities using a standard tool assessing 16 domains. A mean score was calculated for each domain across all facilities. Only 3 domains met the minimum threshold of 80%. The Ministry of Health maintained a national list of all laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infections. By December 2020, a total of 3,039 healthcare workers were confirmed to be SARS-CoV-2–positive, an infection rate (56/100,000 workers) 12 times higher than in the general population. Facility assessments and healthcare workers' infection data provided information to guide IPC improvements.
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| spelling | doaj.art-f94f02c67b9944d986aadf7534d0a5642022-12-23T13:42:31ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592022-11-01281324725410.3201/eid2813.212617Adopting World Health Organization Multimodal Infection Prevention and Control Strategies to Respond to COVID-19, KenyaDaniel KimaniLinus NdegwaMercy NjeruEveline WesangulaFrankline MboyaCatherine MachariaJulius OliechHerman WeyengaGeorge OwisoKamau IrunguUlzii-Orshikh LuvsansharavAmy Herman-Roloff The World Health Organization advocates a multimodal approach to improving infection prevention and control (IPC) measures, which Kenya adopted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Kenya Ministry of Health formed a national IPC committee for policy and technical leadership, coordination, communication, and training. During March–November 2020, a total of 69,892 of 121,500 (57.5%) healthcare workers were trained on IPC. Facility readiness assessments were conducted in 777 health facilities using a standard tool assessing 16 domains. A mean score was calculated for each domain across all facilities. Only 3 domains met the minimum threshold of 80%. The Ministry of Health maintained a national list of all laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infections. By December 2020, a total of 3,039 healthcare workers were confirmed to be SARS-CoV-2–positive, an infection rate (56/100,000 workers) 12 times higher than in the general population. Facility assessments and healthcare workers' infection data provided information to guide IPC improvements. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/13/21-2617_articleCOVID-19pandemicSARS-CoV-2infection controlWorld Health Organizationcoronavirus disease |
| spellingShingle | Daniel Kimani Linus Ndegwa Mercy Njeru Eveline Wesangula Frankline Mboya Catherine Macharia Julius Oliech Herman Weyenga George Owiso Kamau Irungu Ulzii-Orshikh Luvsansharav Amy Herman-Roloff Adopting World Health Organization Multimodal Infection Prevention and Control Strategies to Respond to COVID-19, Kenya Emerging Infectious Diseases COVID-19 pandemic SARS-CoV-2 infection control World Health Organization coronavirus disease |
| title | Adopting World Health Organization Multimodal Infection Prevention and Control Strategies to Respond to COVID-19, Kenya |
| title_full | Adopting World Health Organization Multimodal Infection Prevention and Control Strategies to Respond to COVID-19, Kenya |
| title_fullStr | Adopting World Health Organization Multimodal Infection Prevention and Control Strategies to Respond to COVID-19, Kenya |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adopting World Health Organization Multimodal Infection Prevention and Control Strategies to Respond to COVID-19, Kenya |
| title_short | Adopting World Health Organization Multimodal Infection Prevention and Control Strategies to Respond to COVID-19, Kenya |
| title_sort | adopting world health organization multimodal infection prevention and control strategies to respond to covid 19 kenya |
| topic | COVID-19 pandemic SARS-CoV-2 infection control World Health Organization coronavirus disease |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/13/21-2617_article |
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