Containment of COVID-19 cases among healthcare workers: The role of surveillance, early detection, and outbreak management

• Published in: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology Vol. 41; no. 7; pp. 765 - 771
• Main Authors: Wee, Liang En, Sim, Xiang Ying Jean, Conceicao, Edwin Philip, Aung, May Kyawt, Goh, Jia Qing, Yeo, Dennis Wu Ting, Gan, Wee Hoe, Chua, Ying Ying, Wijaya, Limin, Tan, Thuan Tong, Tan, Ban Hock, Ling, Moi Lin, Venkatachalam, Indumathi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Cambridge University Press 01.07.2020
• Subjects: Adult; Asymptomatic; Cluster Analysis; Containment; Coronavirus Infections - diagnosis; Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology; Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control; Coronavirus Infections - transmission; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Disease transmission; Early Diagnosis; Electronic surveillance; Emergency medical care; Epidemics; Epidemiology; Female; Fever; Health care; Health surveillance; Heat; Hospitals; Hospitals, General; Humans; Illnesses; Infection Control - methods; Male; Masks; Medical personnel; Medical supplies; Middle Aged; Original; Outbreaks; Pandemics; Pandemics - prevention & control; Personal protective equipment; Personnel, Hospital; Pneumonia, Viral - diagnosis; Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology; Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control; Pneumonia, Viral - transmission; Population Surveillance; Respiratory diseases; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Singapore - epidemiology; Supervisors; Symptom Assessment; Young Adult; Singapore

Staff surveillance is crucial during the containment phase of a pandemic to help reduce potential healthcare-associated transmission and sustain good staff morale. During an outbreak of SARS-COV-2 with community transmission, our institution used an integrated strategy for early detection and contai...