Challenges of contact tracing during COVID-19 pandemic response in a tertiary hospital in Northwestern Nigeria
kanem j. med. sci
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16(1): 101-109, 2023. figures, tables
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Contact tracing is a traditional pillar of infectious disease control, especially for illnesses involving direct transmission from person to person, such as COVID-19. Several challenges have arisen from COVID-19 contact tracing activities, particularly in low-resource settings. These include refusal of positive clients to disclose their close contacts, difficulties in conducting risk assessment for contacts traced, among others.Objectives:
To explore the activities and identify challenges of contact tracing during COVID -19 pandemic response in a tertiary hospital in Northwestern Nigeria from May, 2020 to March, 2021.Methodology:
Amixed method approach was done with quantitative secondary data analysis of COVID-19 contacts traced, and qualitative assessment through Key Informant Interviews (KII) of Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital staff involved in COVID-19 outbreak response during the period.Results:
Atotal of 2,249 clients were tested for COVID-19, of which 925 (41.1%) were healthcare workers. The identified challenges included problems with contact identification, delay in notification of results, refusal to disclose contacts by cases, contacts refusing to allow risk assessment, and health workers being overwhelmed by the task of contact tracing.Conclusion:
Challenges identified include refusal of cases to disclose their contacts, overwhelming number of contacts, and delay in notification of results. There is need to institute contact tracing protocols to mandate cases to disclose their contacts, train more manpower to reduce the burden of contact tracing, and improve the notification of results.
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Neumonía
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Trazado de Contacto
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Síndrome Respiratorio Agudo Grave
Tipo de estudio:
Investigación cualitativa
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Factores de riesgo
Límite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Kanem j. med. sci
Año:
2023
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
Institución/País de afiliación:
Department of Community Medicine Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital/NG
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Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medical Sciences/NG
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Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medical Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University/NG
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