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

Mallory E. Epting | Zendy; Jacob A. Pluznik | Zendy; Samantha Levano | Zendy; Xinyi Hua | Zendy; Isaac ChunHai Fung | Zendy; Beth Jordan | Zendy; Eleni O’Donovan | Zendy; Kissa M. Robinson | Zendy; Reena Chakraborty | Zendy; Bahram Hooshyar Yousefi | Zendy; Ciara J Michel | Zendy; Chava J. Bowden | Zendy; Aman Kapadia | Zendy; Lindsey Riback | Zendy; Anil T. Mangla | Zendy; Matthew J. Akiyama | Zendy; Anne C. Spaulding | Zendy

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

Author(s) -

Mallory E. Epting,

Jacob A. Pluznik,

Samantha Levano,

Xinyi Hua,

Isaac ChunHai Fung,

Beth Jordan,

Eleni O’Donovan,

Kissa M. Robinson,

Reena Chakraborty,

Bahram Hooshyar Yousefi,

Ciara J Michel,

Chava J. Bowden,

Aman Kapadia,

Lindsey Riback,

Anil T. Mangla,

Matthew J. Akiyama,

Anne C. Spaulding

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofab547

Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , zero (linguistics) , transmission (telecommunications) , coronavirus , virology , disease , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , telecommunications , computer science , linguistics , philosophy

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.

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