Public health response to an outbreak of SARS-CoV2 infection in a Barcelona prison

Marco, A; Gallego, Claudia; Pérez-Cáceres,; Guerrero, R.; Sánchez-Roig, M; Sala-Farré, R M; Fernández-Náger, J; Turu, E

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“…A total of 1250 articles did not meet the inclusion criteria. Therefore, 21 articles were included in the present systematic review ( Figure 1 ) [ 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 ].…”

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The Risk of COVID-19 Infection in Prisons and Prevention Strategies: A Systematic Review and a New Strategic Protocol of Prevention

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Health risks within prisons are well known and have worsened with the 2019 coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), becoming a public health emergency. To date, there are more than 10 million inmates in the world; in most cases, conditions are bad and health care is scarce. A SARS-CoV-2 outbreak inside a prison is extremely rapid. The aim of this systematic review was to analyze all possible prevention techniques to reduce the risk of COVID-19 related infection within prisons. A systematic review of the literature was performed according to the PRISMA guidelines. Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, and Google Scholar were used as search engines from 1 January 2020 to 1 November 2021 to evaluate the prevention of COVID-19 in prisoners. A total of 1757 articles were collected. Of them, 486 duplicates were removed. A total of 1250 articles did not meet the inclusion criteria. In conclusion, 21 articles were included in the present systematic review. From this analysis, it emerged that the most common COVID-19 prevention methods were the screening of the entire population (prisoners and workers) inside the prison through swab analysis and the reduction in overcrowding in prisons. Few studies concerned the prevention of COVID-19 infection through vaccination and the implementation of quarantine. To our knowledge, this is the first systematic review that evaluates the prevention of COVID-19 within jails and the real effectiveness of all possible methods used and published in the literature. Finally, a very useful strategic protocol is provided to reduce the incidence of infection and to control and manage COVID-19 in prisons.

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The Risk of COVID-19 Infection in Prisons and Prevention Strategies: A Systematic Review and a New Strategic Protocol of Prevention

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“…In prisons, when there is an ongoing outbreak, maintaining social distancing, even as necessary, can be physically impossible when cells are shared and dining rooms and spaces for daily sociocultural activities are common ( 12 , 20 – 22 ). Actions to reduce the prison population are crucial, such as delaying minor trials, advancing releases in prisoners with misdemeanors and, above all, providing for people at high risk of serious illness with alternative forms of custody such as community-based parole, if the jails and prisons do not guarantee inmate protection during this pandemic ( 20 , 23 , 24 ).…”

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“…There are different strategies for viral testing during an outbreak including universal testing, reactive testing, and prevalence testing ( 11 ). Similar to other conglomerate centers, testing of contacts even if asymptomatic is crucial to halt the spread of COVID-19 outbreaks ( 22 , 25 ).…”

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Control of a COVID-19 Outbreak in a Spanish Prison: Lessons Learned in Outbreak Control

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Franco‐Paredes

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The rapid spread of highly transmissible respiratory infections in carceral settings occurs due to their conglomerate nature. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in large outbreaks in jails and prisons in many settings. Herein, we describe an outbreak of SARS-CoV2 infection in a prison in Alicante, Spain. Prior to January 2021, testing for coronavirus infection was not widely available in jails and prisons nationwide. Offering of testing services in Spanish carceral facilities, coincided with the deployment of COVID-19 vaccination in the larger community. However, COVID-19 vaccine role out of incarcerated individuals occurred later during the deployment plan. With the identification of the initial cases of this outbreak, two units of the facility were assigned for population management: one for inmates with confirmed infection by positive PCR detection of SARS-COV-2 infection in nasopharyngeal swabs. Inmates with confirmed exposure and thus considered close contacts were place in a second isolation unit. Functional quarantine was employed in some instances. A reactive testing strategy was instituted at baseline, and at 7 and 14 days of nasopharyngeal specimens by PCR. A total of 1,097 nasopharyngeal specimens were obtained for PCR testing during the outbreak, which lasted a total of 80 days between the index case the end of medical isolation of the last case. A total of 103 COVID-19 cases were identified during the outbreak. Of these, three inmates developed severe manifestations requiring hospitalization, and one died. Were identified, among which there were three hospitalized and one deceased. Among cases and confirmed contacts, we conducted close clinical monitoring, symptom screening, and daily temperature checks. The implementation of these interventions along with early medical isolation of cases, quarantining of contacts, and interval testing to detect presymptomatic or asymptomatic cases were instrumental in containing this outbreak.

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“…Marco et al reported data on a SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in a Barcelona prison. Among 148 incarcerated people who underwent nasopharyngeal swab, 22.3% tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 ( 22 ). The available study findings have been reported in Table 1 .…”

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SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Among Incarcerated People: A Barrier to Overcome

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Vito

Madeddu

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Front. Public Health

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Public health response to an outbreak of SARS-CoV2 infection in a Barcelona prison

Cited by 12 publications

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The Risk of COVID-19 Infection in Prisons and Prevention Strategies: A Systematic Review and a New Strategic Protocol of Prevention

The Risk of COVID-19 Infection in Prisons and Prevention Strategies: A Systematic Review and a New Strategic Protocol of Prevention

Control of a COVID-19 Outbreak in a Spanish Prison: Lessons Learned in Outbreak Control

SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Among Incarcerated People: A Barrier to Overcome

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