Practical IPC Considerations in the Fight Against COVID-19
Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Global Webinar
Series
Fernanda Lessa, MD, MPH
Disclosures and Objectives
No conflict of interest or financial disclosures
Objectives: - Describe COVID-19 disease burden
- Importance of IPC during epidemics
- Goals of the Global webinar series
Global COVID-19 Burden as of May 13th
Number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, by date of report and WHO region, 30 December 2019 through 13 May 2020 ~ 4.1 million cases
287,399 deaths
https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situation-reports/20200513-covid-19-sitrep-114.pdf?sfvrsn=17ebbbe_4
Goals of Infection Prevention and Control
WHO2015 Safe & Quality Health Services Package
Why IPC During Epidemics?
Prevention of infections in healthcare settings
Safe provision of care: Critical piece in maintaining essential health services during epidemics– Fear, distrust, worry of healthcare
settings– Ebola, MERS, COVID-19, etc.
Pillars of COVID-19 IPC Response
Goal: To support the maintenance of essential healthcare services by preventing healthcare-associated transmission of SARS-CoV-2 among healthcare workers and patients 1. Limit unrecognized entry of COVID-19:
• TRIAGE patients• LIMIT visitors• MONITOR staff
2. Prevent transmission• TRAIN staff (and provide supplies)
3. Rapidly identify healthcare transmission:• DETECT healthcare transmission• CONTAIN outbreaks before they spread
Guidance and Operational Considerations
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/non-us-settings/index.htmlhttps://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/technical-guidance/infection-prevention-and-control
COVID-19 Global IPC Webinar series
CDC/WHO collaboration
12 weeks/12 topics relevant to IPC priorities for control and prevention of COVID-19
Contribution of several IPC professional societies
– APECIH, ABIH, ICAN, APSIC, IPNET, etc.
– Bringing global IPC community together
Picture from Instituto Couto Maia -http://www.institutocoutomaia.com.br/profissionais-de-saude-do-icom-reforcam-a-campanha-fiquem-em-casa/
COVID-19 Resources CDC COVID-19 Web Site
https://www.cdc.gov/covid19
WHO Country & Technical Guidance - Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/technical-guidance
WHO Operation considerations for case management of COVID-19 in health facility and community
https://www.who.int/publications-detail/operational-considerations-for-case-management-of-covid-19-in-health-facility-and-community
CDC COVID-19 Operational Considerations for non-US healthcare settingshttps://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/non-us-settings/index.html
SOP for Triage of Suspected COVID-19 patients
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/non-us-settings/sop-triage-prevent-transmission.html
For more information, contact CDC1-800-CDC-INFO (232-4636)TTY: 1-888-232-6348 www.cdc.gov
The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
