Service or outcome | Value |
---|---|
No. (%) of site(s) that received services | |
MCAT only | 17 (53.1) |
CSS only | 4 (1.3) |
MCAT followed by CSS | 7 (21.9) |
CSS followed by MCAT | 4 (1.3) |
Mobile testing provided by MCAT | |
No. (%) of sites that underwent mobile testing | 28 (87.5) |
Swabs collected | |
No. of swabs collected from clients or residents per site, median (range) | 33 (6–135) |
No. of swabs collected from staff per site, median (range) | 11 (0–41) |
No. (%) of sites with resident swabs that were positive for SARS-CoV-2 | 9 (32.1) |
No. of residents with positive results at positive sites, median (range) | 1 (1–26) |
No. (%) of sites with staff swabs that were positive for SARS-CoV-2 | 2 (7.1) |
No. of staff with positive results at positive sites, median (range) | 1.5 (1–2) |
IPC support provided by CSS | |
No. of sites that received IPC support | 15 |
No. of sites that declined IPC support | 1 |
No. (%) of sites interested in each CSS service | |
Staff education on COVID-19 and IPC principles | 12 (80) |
Resident education on COVID-19 and prevention principles | 4 (27) |
CSS-curated documents and resources | 9 (60) |
Answers to questions on IPC and COVID-19 via email or phone | 8 (53) |
Links to other resources | 3 (20) |
Other* | 6 (40) |
No. (%) of sites that received CSS services | |
Staff education presentation | 13 (87) |
Resident education presentation | 1 (7) |
No. of attendees at education sessions, median (range) | |
Staff education | 9.5 (2–36) |
Resident education | 7 (NA) |
No. (%) of sites that received CSS-curated documents and resources, including Google Drive resources | 14 (93) |
Presentation | 9 (60) |
Other† | 5 (33) |
No. of changes in IPC practice based on training or interaction with the CSS | |
0 | 0 |
1 | 0 |
2 | 2 |
> 2 | 12 |
Unknown | 1 |
Note: CSS = Community Support Squad, IPC = infection prevention and control, MCAT = Mobile COVID-19 Assessment Team, NA = not applicable.
↵* Other CSS services that sites were interested in: IPC audits, tailored training sessions, external documents and resources, and training videos for staff.
↵† Other CSS services that were provided: IPC audits, tailored training sessions, external documents and resources, and one-on-one support.