Population Health Nursing Science, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois USA.
Safer Foundation, Chicago, Illinois USA.
J Correct Health Care. 2022 Dec;28(6):372-377. doi: 10.1089/jchc.21.06.0062. Epub 2022 Nov 11.
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in one in five individuals incarcerated in U.S. correctional institutions contracting COVID-19 and 1,700 deaths. Correctional adult transition centers house incarcerated individuals who typically do not have on-site health care access. A COVID-19 outbreak could devastate this population, who live in high-density conditions and have been documented as high risk for poor health outcomes. Owing to a robust practice partnership between a college of nursing and two adult transition centers, a nurse-led COVID-19 initiative was implemented to minimize transmission in the facilities and ensure appropriate health care referral for residents who tested positive for COVID-19. The initiative identified six residents with positive results, who were transferred to a state prison infirmary for management and to minimize risk for other residents.
2020 年，新冠疫情导致美国监狱中五分之一的在押人员感染新冠病毒，1700 人死亡。成人过渡中心关押着通常无法获得现场医疗服务的在押人员。一旦发生新冠疫情，居住在高密度环境中的这一人群可能会遭受重创，他们的健康状况曾被记录为高危。由于一所护理学院与两家成人过渡中心之间建立了强大的实践伙伴关系，因此实施了由护士领导的新冠疫情倡议，以尽量减少设施中的传播，并确保对新冠病毒检测呈阳性的居民进行适当的医疗转介。该倡议确定了六名检测结果呈阳性的居民，他们被转移到州立监狱医务室进行管理，以尽量减少对其他居民的风险。
