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Hennepin County Adult Detention Center's Response to a 2019 Hepatitis A Outbreak in Minnesota. 2021

Lucas Zellmer, and Laura Peters, and Rachel Sandler Silva

Lucas Zellmer is a medical student at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis. Laura Peters is with Hennepin Healthcare Jail Health Services, Hennepin Healthcare System, Minneapolis, MN. Rachel Sandler Silva is with the Department of Medicine and Jail Health Services, Hennepin Healthcare System, Minneapolis, MN, and the Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis.

Hennepin County Adult Detention Center (Jail) is Minnesota's largest jail. In August 2019, the Minnesota Department of Health declared a statewide hepatitis A outbreak. Within three days, Hennepin County Jail Health Services made significant changes to vaccination protocols that increased vaccination rates from 0.6% to 7.1% among detainees, who have a greater risk of contracting hepatitis A. We highlight the opportunity for jails to develop sustainable public health interventions in the setting of community outbreaks.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008910	Minnesota	State bordered on the north by Canada, on the east by Lake Superior and Wisconsin, on the south by Iowa, and on the west by North Dakota and South Dakota.
D004196	Disease Outbreaks	Sudden increase in the incidence of a disease. The concept includes EPIDEMICS and PANDEMICS.	Outbreaks,Infectious Disease Outbreaks,Disease Outbreak,Disease Outbreak, Infectious,Disease Outbreaks, Infectious,Infectious Disease Outbreak,Outbreak, Disease,Outbreak, Infectious Disease,Outbreaks, Disease,Outbreaks, Infectious Disease
D006506	Hepatitis A	INFLAMMATION of the LIVER in humans caused by a member of the HEPATOVIRUS genus, HUMAN HEPATITIS A VIRUS. It can be transmitted through fecal contamination of food or water.	Hepatitis, Infectious,Infectious Hepatitis,Hepatitides, Infectious,Infectious Hepatitides
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000073887	Vaccination Coverage	Rate of VACCINATION as defined by GEOGRAPHY and or DEMOGRAPHY.	Immunization Coverage,Coverage, Immunization,Coverage, Vaccination,Coverages, Immunization,Coverages, Vaccination,Immunization Coverages,Vaccination Coverages
D000081702	Jails	Place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody in a place under the jurisdiction of a local government such as a city or county for the confinement of persons awaiting trial or those convicted of misdemeanor crimes.	Detention Centers,Gaols,Center, Detention,Centers, Detention,Detention Center,Gaol,Jail
D022362	Hepatitis A Vaccines	Vaccines or candidate vaccines used to prevent infection with hepatitis A virus (HEPATOVIRUS).	Havrix,Hepatitis A Vaccine,Hepatovirus Vaccines,Vaqta,Vaccine, Hepatitis A,Vaccines, Hepatitis A,Vaccines, Hepatovirus