Corrections Infection Control News & Articles

• Why off-the-shelf cleaning products aren’t up to the task in corrections

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  Wood, metal and hard plastic brooms and mops can easily be made into weapons – here’s why you need to look for tools made specifically for the correctional environment

• COVID-19: How public safety companies are assisting the frontline pandemic response

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  The businesses that equip and serve first responders are supporting the national emergency response with new products, free services and donations

• PPE initiative sends more than 6 million masks to U.S. jails, prisons

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  The distribution was fueled by a partnership between the REFORM Alliance, the National Sheriffs' Association and the Correctional Leaders Association

• Face masks: Here’s what cops, firefighters, medics and COs have to say about use, policy and effectiveness

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  Nearly one-third of public safety personnel do not get a department-issued face mask, plus other key findings from nearly 4,000 survey responses

• COVID fatigue and leadership

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  The greatest risk to jail inmates is not new inmates with COVID, but deputies or other jail employees catching COVID in the community and bringing it to the jail

• Public health official addresses COVID-19 outbreak at San Quentin

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  The ongoing outbreaks in correctional facilities are an important reminder of the importance of social distancing

• Confronting COVID-19 requires strong leadership, honest assessments, communication and education

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  Leaders in our nation's jails and prisons should follow these six steps to address the crisis, reduce the risk and provide much-needed support

• 7 face mask purchasing and policy considerations for police, fire, EMS and corrections

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  With unscrupulous manufacturers selling defective masks and citizens donating ‘homemade’ efforts, public safety agencies must establish face mask guidelines

• Keep COVID-19 out of the jail!

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  Many arrestees think that if they say they have COVID-19, they will not go to jail, but that's not how the system works

• Best practices for disinfecting correctional facilities during COVID-19

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  While many facilities use outside cleaning businesses, here's what to do if those services are not available

• Why an infectious disease response team belongs in your correctional facility

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  Correctional institutions are uniquely susceptible to the rapid spread of disease

• CO union calls for immediate inspection of NJ county jail

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  The union filed complaints after COs were required to wear masks for two, 12-hour shifts in a row despite "an ample supply of surgical masks in the county's stockpile"

• Va. DOC to increase COVID-19 testing of staff, inmates

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  The department has also begun point prevalence testing, which involves testing asymptomatic individuals

• Kan. DOC hires new prison medical provider amid COVID-19 pandemic

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  Officials claim the ousted medical provider was responsible for a one-week doubling of the number of infected employees and inmates at Lansing Correctional Facility

• NJ county jail screening all inmates for COVID-19 using new testing method

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  All inmates and detainees at the Essex County Correctional Facility will be tested for COVID-19 using an antibody blood test that can deliver results in 15 minutes

• Calif. inmates using video, phones to seek release over COVID-19

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  If an inmate chooses to appear in a courtroom jail cell, they must first wait for deputies wearing masks to sanitize and wipe down the cell bars

• Shortages of masks, cleaning supplies persist at Conn. prisons

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  DOC officials said 139 staff members and 199 inmates statewide had been confirmed to have COVID-19

• How can I protect my family from COVID-19?

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  When working from home isn’t an option: a checklist for reducing the risk of transmitting exposure after returning from a shift

• Inmates decry lack of clean masks, testing, conditions in San Diego jails

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  Department officials said they are taking every reasonable precaution to keep COVID-19 from infiltrating the jails

• At least 2 nurses, doctor leave jobs at Tenn. prison over mask policies

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  "To not allow the mitigation of risk with proven methods is unconscionable," a Bledsoe County Correctional Complex doctor said

• How the National Sheriffs' Association is working to assist agencies in the COVID-19 crisis

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  The NSA has formed an industry action group in order to better coordinate with and assist sheriffs' offices in getting vital supplies

• 'It's terrifying': Philly COs claim jails aren't doing enough to slow spread of COVID-19

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  A 30-year Philadelphia Department of Prisons veteran has developed a system after her shifts in one of the city's largest jails to protect her family from COVID-19

• Quick Take: Management of COVID-19 in correctional and detention facilities

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  Isolation vs. quarantine, staff PPE guidelines and COVID screening were key considerations addressed during two recent webinars

• Pa. county prison staff, inmates now wearing masks

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  Inmates at Cambria County Prison are required to wear masks at all items, except when they're in their cells

• Interactive timeline: The COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S.

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  Learn how COVID-19 has impacted law enforcement and corrections personnel and how public safety has adjusted its response

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