Successful management of COVID-19 outbreak in a long-term care facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: Epidemiology, challenges for prevention and adaptive management strategies

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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Published in:Journal of infection and public health Vol. 14; no. 4; pp. 521 - 526
Main Author: Alawi, Maha Mahmoud Saad
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01-04-2021
Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
Elsevier
Subjects:
Covid-19
COVID-19 - prevention & control
Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control
Humans
Infection Control
Long term care
LTC
Management
Nursing Homes
Outbreak
Pandemic
Prevention
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia - epidemiology
Short Communication
Syndromic surveillance
Saudi Arabia
Prevention
Saudi Arabia
Outbreak
Covid-19
Pandemic
LTC
Management
Syndromic surveillance
Long term care
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Summary: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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Present address: Infection Control & Environmental Health Unit, Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80205 Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
ISSN:1876-0341
1876-035X
1876-035X
DOI:10.1016/j.jiph.2020.12.036