Integration of hospital with congregate care homes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
CONCLUSION: The outcomes for older adults residing in congregate care homes improved steadily throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. While this finding is multifactorial, integration with a local hospital partner supported key interventions known to protect residents.PMID:38090725 | PMC:PMC10715829 (Source: Can Commun Dis Rep)
Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - December 13, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Christina K Chan Mercedes Magaz Victoria R Williams Julie Wong Monica Klein-Nouri Sid Feldman Jaclyn O'Brien Natasha Salt Andrew E Simor Jocelyn Charles Brian M Wong Steve Shadowitz Karen Fleming Adrienne K Chan Jerome A Leis Source Type: research
Community-based COVID-19 outbreak of the B.1.1.7 (Alpha) variant of concern in Newfoundland, February to March 2021
CONCLUSION: This outbreak demonstrated how B.1.1.7 spread rapidly through a community with previously low COVID-19 transmission and few preventative PHMs in place. Implementation and compliance with school and community-based PHMs is critical for preventing transmission during outbreaks.PMID:38090726 | PMC:PMC10715830 (Source: Can Commun Dis Rep)
Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - December 13, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Alexandra Nunn Andrea Morrissey Ashley Crocker Kaitlin Patterson Joanne Stares Kerri Smith Laura Gilbert Krista Wilkinson Source Type: research
Wastewater surveillance for earlier detection of seniors congregate living COVID-19 outbreaks in Peterborough, Ontario
This study presents a pilot of upstream congregate living wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 for the detection of COVID-19 outbreaks and the effects of early public health interventions. We monitored localized wastewater SARS-CoV-2 levels from four congregate living settings March 15, 2021 to October 1, 2022 and correlated these levels with suspected and confirmed COVID-19 outbreaks determined by other methods. We identified five wastewater signals that correlated with confirmed outbreaks and three wastewater signals that did not correlate with subsequent outbreaks. In the five confirmed outbreaks, the wastewater signal...
Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - December 13, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Thomas Piggott Mohamed Kharbouch Michael Donaldson Carolyn Pigeau Donna Churipuy Gillian Pacey Christopher Kyle Source Type: research
Utility of the Peterborough Public Health COVID-19 rapid antigen test self-report tool: Implications for COVID-19 surveillance
CONCLUSION: Our results support the use of RAT self-reporting as a low-cost simple adjunctive COVID-19 surveillance tool, and suggest that its utility is greatest when considering an absolute count of positive RATs rather than percent positivity due to reporting bias towards positive tests. These results can help inform COVID-19 surveillance strategies of local public health units and encourage the use of a RAT self-report tool.PMID:38090728 | PMC:PMC10715811 (Source: Can Commun Dis Rep)
Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - December 13, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Erin Smith Carolyn Pigeau Jamal Ahmadian-Yazdi Mohamed Kharbouch Jane Hoffmeyer Thomas Piggott Source Type: research
Summary of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) Rapid Response-Interim guidance on the use of Imvamune in the context of monkeypox outbreaks in Canada
CONCLUSION: NACI has rapidly developed guidance on the use of Imvamune in Canada in the context of many uncertainties. Recommendations may be revisited as new evidence emerges.PMID:37426289 | PMC:PMC10324881 | DOI:10.14745/ccdr.v48i78a09 (Source: Can Commun Dis Rep)
Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - July 10, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: April Killikelly Nicholas Brousseau Source Type: research
