The utility of video technology and enhanced infection control in reducing COVID-19 disease burden in a custodial setting

Abstract

Highlights We created a COVID-19 an outbreak management team (OMT) and used video surveillance for contact tracing. Medical and Nursing completed more than 150 PPE training sessions for staff. Video review and contact tracing lead to 602 and 314 medical isolation days for infected employees and residents and 3060 and 4170 quarantine days for close contacts. Prompt diagnosis and contact tracing by OMT lead to low primary attack and positivity rates for both employees and residents.

COVID-19 and Influenza Infection Prevention and Control Measures in U.S. Jails, Prisons, and Detention Centers: A Scoping Review

“…Nearly all results for both infection types were observational, with most analyzing cross-sectional data. No results discussed mitigation strategies in ICE detention centers, and only two results discussed them in youth detention centers (Goldman et al, 2022; Unruh et al, 2021). We will discuss the results in 6 subsections: vaccines, testing, de-densification, limited movement, masks, and contact tracing.…”

“…Unruh et al (Unruh et al, 2021) analyzed the use of contact tracing informed by video monitoring in a large juvenile detention center. They found that contacting tracing, which prompted CDC isolation of quarantine guidelines, was beneficial and cost-effective because no secondary cases (i.e., people who were contact traced) led to additional infections.…”