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ArticleCanadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2024

Responding to and managing multijurisdictional outbreaks of COVID-19 in Canadian industrial worksite/work camp settings.

Erin McGill, Anna Bellos, Andrea Nwosu, Adrian Zetner, Andrea Tyler, Natalie Knox, Kristyn Franklin, Kaitlin Patterson

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Article in Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Erin McGillInfectious Disease Programs Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada. erin.mcgill@phac-aspc.gc.ca.ORCID 0000-0003-2856-3334
Anna BellosInfectious Disease Programs Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Andrea NwosuInfectious Disease Programs Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Adrian ZetnerNational Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Andrea TylerNational Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Natalie KnoxNational Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Kristyn FranklinInfectious Disease Programs Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Kaitlin PattersonInfectious Disease Programs Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada, Moncton, NB, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

settingEarly in the COVID-19 pandemic, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and provincial/territorial (P/T) public health identified the need for a coordinated response to complex multijurisdictional COVID-19 outbreaks. The first large multijurisdictional industrial worksite COVID-19 outbreak highlighted the risk of transmission within these congregate work settings, the risk of transmission to the broader community(ies), and the need to develop setting-specific outbreak response frameworks.

interventionPHAC assembled a team to provide national outbreak support for multijurisdictional COVID-19 outbreaks in May 2020. The COVID-19 Outbreak Response Unit (ORU) worked with P/T partners to develop guiding principles for outbreak response and outbreak investigation processes, guidance documents, and investigation tools (e.g., minimum data elements and questionnaires). OUTCOMES: The ORU, P/T partners, and onsite industrial worksite health and safety staff leveraged outbreak investigation guidelines, industrial worksite outbreak process documents (including minimum data elements), and enhanced case questionnaires to respond to multiple COVID-19 outbreak investigations in industrial worksites. Clear roles/responsibilities and processes, along with standardized data, allowed for more efficient outbreak investigations and earlier implementation of mitigation measures. IMPLICATIONS: Multijurisdictional COVID-19 outbreaks highlighted the importance of public health collaboration with industry partners onsite. The assembly of a national outbreak response team was important to facilitate information sharing and provide technical support. Lessons learned and recommendations on outbreak preparation, detection, management, and communication are included to enhance a response framework applicable to future emerging or re-emerging pathogens with epidemic and/or pandemic potential.

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COVID-19Disease OutbreaksWorkplaceCampingCanadaHumansIndustryOccupational HealthCOVID-19Infectious diseaseOutbreakPublic healthSurveillance

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PMCPMC11133241

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