During the initial COVID-19 response, HHS personnel who interacted with potentially infected passengers had limited protections
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Report in brief (United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Inspector General)
- Contributor(s):
- United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Inspector General. Office of Evaluation and Inspections, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, October 2022
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Air Travel COVID-19 -- prevention & control COVID-19 -- transmission Government Regulation Personal Protective Equipment Travel-Related Illness United States United States. Department of Health and Human Services
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Why OIG Did This Review. In early 2020, various sources - including personnel from HHS, Members of Congress, and the media -expressed concerns with how HHS personnel were protected from risk of COVID-19 exposure at quarantine stations and sites during the initial COVID-19 response. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), within HHS, issues recommendations for protection against infectious disease exposure, which includes travel-related containment measures. At quarantine stations, CDC personnel screened passengers who were entering the United States as private citizens via commercial flights. At quarantine sites (six Federal worksites), HHS personnel screened and quarantined passengers entering the United States as evacuees. In total, HHS screened hundreds of thousands of passengers and quarantined thousands of them in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the United States. How OIG Did This Review. Our review covers the initial COVID-19 response (i.e., January through March 2020). We interviewed officials and program staff within HHS, including CDC. We surveyed nearly 700 HHS personnel who worked at quarantine stations and sites, and we reviewed written responses and documentation. We also analyzed several thousand HHS documents.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (58 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918715886306676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918715886306676