Correctional-Facility-Outbreak-Associated COVID-19 Cases Among Asymptomatic Persons Identified Through Universal Testing: Vermont, 2020

On April 6, 2020, a confirmed COVID-19 case in a correctional facility employee (Staff A) was reported to the Vermont Department of Health (VDH). Staff A worked in the facility while symptomatic, without reporting symptoms, for 10 days. VDH and the facility conducted two facility-wide testing events...

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Published inJournal of correctional health care Vol. 28; no. 3; p. 155
Main Authors Pringle, Julia C, Fritch, William M, Boire, Yvonne, Meddaugh, Paul, Prue, Tyler, Dunsmore, Bradley, Fox, Heidi, Reid, Helen, Robinson, Margaret E, Kwit, Natalie
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.06.2022
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COVID-19
outbreak
universal testing
SARS-CoV-2
correctional facility
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Summary:On April 6, 2020, a confirmed COVID-19 case in a correctional facility employee (Staff A) was reported to the Vermont Department of Health (VDH). Staff A worked in the facility while symptomatic, without reporting symptoms, for 10 days. VDH and the facility conducted two facility-wide testing events, implemented symptom monitoring, and initiated contact tracing. All 197 incarcerated persons and 115 (71%) staff were tested for SARS-CoV-2; 45 (23%) incarcerated persons and 17 (10%) staff had positive results (confirmed case), of whom 37 (82%) incarcerated persons and 1 (6%) staff had asymptomatic infections. Case detection enabled isolation of incarcerated persons and staff, work exclusion of staff with COVID-19, and quarantine of staff and incarcerated persons who had close contact with persons with COVID-19. Broad-based SARS-CoV-2 testing identified more cases than symptom monitoring.
ISSN:1940-5200
DOI:10.1089/jchc.20.10.0093