A Scoping Review : Epidemic Risk Analysis Tool For Infectious Disease (Covid-19) In Health Care Facilities Suyanti1, Mondastri Korib Sudaryo2*, Syahrizal Syarif3, Helda4
1 Doctoral Program in Epidemiology Studies, Faculty of Public Health, University of Indonesia, 1st Floor, Building A,UI Depok 16424, Indonesia
2 Faculty of Public Health, University of Indonesia, 1st Floor, Building A, UI Depok 16424, Indonesia
3 Faculty of Public Health, University of Indonesia, 1st Floor, Building A, UI Depok 16424, Indonesia
4 Faculty of Public Health, University of Indonesia, 1st Floor, Building A, UI Depok 16424, Indonesia
*Correspondence:Mondastri Korib Sudaryo, maqo19[at]gmail.com
Abstract
Background: The current transformation of the health resilience system emphasizes preparedness and response to infectious disease epidemics and pandemics. The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the vulnerability of health care facilities to patient surges, necessitating the need for tools that can measure the risk of disease transmission and population vulnerability in health care facilities. This study aims to summarize the profile of risk assessment tools needed to inform COVID-19 control in healthcare facilities.
Methods: An online search across multiple databases and online sources was conducted to identify all epidemic risk and vulnerability assessment tools. Medline/PubMed, Web of Science databases, and websites of public health organizations were used for the search process.
Results: Ten COVID-19-related tools were identified, mostly designed to be applied at national and global levels. Key domains that were often the focus included Governance and Regulation, Financing, Health Service Delivery, and Human Resources. However, some tools pay insufficient attention to important issues such as detection and surveillance, laboratory capacity or community capacity in disease detection and control. Each toolkit has limitations in coverage such as only in the health sector, requiring specific, extensive and complex data, lacking detail in guidance on mitigating each threat so that an approach that integrates several tools can provide more holistic and effective results for risk mitigation.
Conclusion: Only five tools were used in the COVID-19 study. This study provides a summary of risk assessment tools to inform epidemic response. We recommend global and national efforts in developing more contextualized and epidemic-responsive epidemics, incorporating disease- and country-specific factors to inform operational decision-making and strengthen country capacity in epidemic response.
