Establishing prison-led contact tracing to prevent outbreaks of COVID-19 in prisons in Ireland.
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Contact Tracing
/ statistics & numerical data
Coronavirus Infections
/ epidemiology
Disease Outbreaks
/ prevention & control
Female
Humans
Ireland
/ epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Pandemics
/ prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral
/ epidemiology
Prisons
/ statistics & numerical data
Quarantine
/ statistics & numerical data
SARS-CoV-2
Contact Tracing
Covid-19
Prison
Public Health
Journal
Journal of public health (Oxford, England)
ISSN: 1741-3850
Titre abrégé: J Public Health (Oxf)
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101188638
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
18 Aug 2020
18 Aug 2020
Historique:
received:
26
05
2020
revised:
02
06
2020
accepted:
02
06
2020
pubmed:
23
6
2020
medline:
1
9
2020
entrez:
23
6
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Preventing transmission of COVID-19 within prisons is both important and challenging. The confined conditions in prisons can encourage person-to-person spread with the potential for outbreaks occurring. Contact tracing is an important contributor to the longer-term management strategy for COVID-19 in prisons as well as in the community but is highly resource-intensive. This paper describes the approach to contact tracing taken by the Irish Prison Service (IPS). The IPS National Infection Control Team, in collaboration with the National Quality Improvement (QI) team and Health Service Executive (HSE) in Ireland, implemented a programme to develop and train in-prison contact tracing teams (CTTs). CTTs were run by prison staff with experience of working with detainees, prison IT systems and CCTV. Protocols for undertaking contact tracing for both detainee and staff cases of COVID-19 were established. All prisons, and two support agencies, within the IPS now have fully functional in-prison CTTs. Every CTT has responded to at least one case COVID-19, undertaken contact tracing and instigated quarantine of contacts. A partnership approach with development of prison-led CTTs can provide an effective mechanism for contact tracing of COVID-19 cases within the prison setting.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Preventing transmission of COVID-19 within prisons is both important and challenging. The confined conditions in prisons can encourage person-to-person spread with the potential for outbreaks occurring. Contact tracing is an important contributor to the longer-term management strategy for COVID-19 in prisons as well as in the community but is highly resource-intensive. This paper describes the approach to contact tracing taken by the Irish Prison Service (IPS).
METHODS
METHODS
The IPS National Infection Control Team, in collaboration with the National Quality Improvement (QI) team and Health Service Executive (HSE) in Ireland, implemented a programme to develop and train in-prison contact tracing teams (CTTs). CTTs were run by prison staff with experience of working with detainees, prison IT systems and CCTV. Protocols for undertaking contact tracing for both detainee and staff cases of COVID-19 were established.
RESULTS
RESULTS
All prisons, and two support agencies, within the IPS now have fully functional in-prison CTTs. Every CTT has responded to at least one case COVID-19, undertaken contact tracing and instigated quarantine of contacts.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
A partnership approach with development of prison-led CTTs can provide an effective mechanism for contact tracing of COVID-19 cases within the prison setting.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32567653
pii: 5860596
doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdaa092
pmc: PMC7337798
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
519-524Informations de copyright
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