Japanese Society for Infection Prevention and Control-Online Journal

Full Text of PDF (251K)
Article in Japanese

Initial Response after Confirmation of COVID-19 Illness in Residents at an Elderly Residential Facility: Relationship between Time to Completion of Initial Response and Infection Status

Momomi UEHARA
The Dia Foundation for Research on Ageing Societies

This report examines whether a prompt initial response after COVID-19 infection of a user is confirmed in an elderly residential facility affects the infection situation. The analysis was based on the results of a survey conducted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Council of Social Welfare. The incidence of clusters in facilities where the initial response was completed in a short time (<3 h) was approximately half that in facilities where it took >3 h to complete the initial response. Moreover, the number of infected users was low, and this trend was more pronounced in the smaller facilities than in the larger facilities. Hence, the initial response must be completed in a short time to prevent the spread of infection in elderly residential facilities. Future studies should focus on investigating the support details to accelerate the initial response of the facility.

Key words：COVID-19, elderly residential facility, initial response

e-mail: m.uehara＠diafras.onmicrosoft.com

Received: March 29, 2023
Accepted: August 8, 2023

38 (6)：264─266,2023