Successfully addressing non-compliance with behavioral and social infection control measures is a critical component in management of healthcare worker COVID-19 outbreaks: learning outcomes from the first staff outbreak in the main maternity hospital
Management required a multi-pronged approach. Full delineation of the outbreak required contact tracing, and correlation of epidemiological information with Ct values, whole genome sequencing and serology. Strategies to address social and behavioral factors should be devised considering the local institutional culture Good leadership, 'speaking up' for patient safety and linking individual IPC practices to annual evaluations are effective measures.
Authors
- Hawabibee Mahir Petkar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0326-3708)
- Meryem Bensaad
- Andrew Jeremijenko
- Hala Rifaï (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4012-191X)
- Fatiha M. Benslimane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3792-252X)
- Bayan Al-Barghouthi
- Jameela Al-Ajmi
- Peter Coyle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0819-6103)
- Imelda Caseres-Chiuco
- Mahmoud Mohamed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9949-0833)
- Eman Mostafa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3014-4788)
- Hebah Atef Mohammad AlKhatib
- Huda Saleh
- Bonnie George
- Zaid Mahir Petkar
Institutions
- King's College - North Carolina (US)
- Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (QA)
- Hamad Medical Corporation (QA)
- Qatar University (QA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1534421
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.37
Funders
- Hamad Medical Corporation
- Qatar University
- Qatar National Library
- Medical Research Council