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

Maha Alawi | Zendy

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

Author(s) -

Maha Alawi

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

journal of infection and public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.983

H-Index - 35

eISSN - 1876-035X

pISSN - 1876-0341

DOI - 10.1016/j.jiph.2020.12.036

Subject(s) - outbreak , medicine , covid-19 , epidemiology , pandemic , isolation (microbiology) , baseline (sea) , environmental health , medical emergency , transmission (telecommunications) , intensive care medicine , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , virology , computer science , pathology , oceanography , geology , telecommunications , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

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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