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Editor, Senior Moderator
Open Forum Infect Dis
. 2021 Dec 9;8(12)
fab547.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab547. eCollection 2021 Dec.
Aiming for Zero: Reducing Transmission of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in the D.C. Department of Corrections
Mallory E Epting[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jacob A Pluznik[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Samantha R Levano[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Xinyi Hua[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Isaac C H Fung[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Beth Jordan[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Eleni O'Donovan[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Kissa M Robinson[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Reena Chakraborty[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Bahram Yousefi[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Ciara J Michel[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Chava J Bowden[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Aman Kapadia[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Lindsey R Riback[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Anil T Mangla[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Matthew J Akiyama[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Anne C Spaulding[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
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.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; infection control; inmate; jail.
. 2021 Dec 9;8(12)
fab547.doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab547. eCollection 2021 Dec.
Aiming for Zero: Reducing Transmission of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in the D.C. Department of Corrections
Mallory E Epting[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jacob A Pluznik[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Samantha R Levano[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Xinyi Hua[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Isaac C H Fung[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Beth Jordan[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Eleni O'Donovan[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Kissa M Robinson[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Reena Chakraborty[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Bahram Yousefi[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Ciara J Michel[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Chava J Bowden[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Aman Kapadia[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Lindsey R Riback[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Anil T Mangla[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Matthew J Akiyama[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Anne C Spaulding[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 34901301
- PMCID: PMC8661082
- DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab547
Abstract
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.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; infection control; inmate; jail.