Norovirus-Like Virus Outbreak at a Correctional Facility in Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit, March to April 2008

• NCJ Number: 244383
• Journal: Journal of Correctional Health Care Volume: 19 Issue: 4 Dated: October 2013 Pages: 269-277
• Author(s): Vidya Sunil, DVM; Anne Marie Holt, MHSc; Ruth Dixon, R.N.; Diane Dingman, BScN, R.N.; Avis Lynn Noseworthy, M.D., MHSc
• Date Published: October 2013
• Length: 9 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study investigated a norovirus outbreak in a correctional facility in Canada.

Abstract

In March 2008, an enteric outbreak was reported from a correctional facility in Central East Ontario to the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit. The clinical and epidemiological data were compatible with the presence of norovirus in this enteric outbreak. This report summarizes the outbreak investigation conducted and the various public health measures undertaken through a coordinated response by the facility health care and correctional staff and local and provincial health authorities to contain the infection within the facility. Correctional facilities present unique challenges to the implementation of infection control measures, and the investigators eventually recommended that the facility be closed to transfers and new admissions until the outbreak was brought under control. Abstract published by arrangement with Sage Journals.