Teamwork Management and Benefit of Telemedicine in COVID-19 Outbreak Control on an Offshore Vessel in the Gulf of Thailand, Songkhla Province, Thailand: A Case Report

Author:

Pongpattarapokin Rujjirat1,Chusri Sarunyou2ORCID,Ingviya Thammasin13ORCID,Chaichulee Sitthichok4ORCID,Kwanyuang Atichart4ORCID,Horsiritham Kanakorn5,Varopichetsan Suebsai1,Surasombatpattana Smonrapat6,Sathirapanya Chutarat1ORCID,Sathirapanya Pornchai2,Kongkamol Chanon13ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla 90110, Thailand

2. Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla 90110, Thailand

3. Air Pollution and Health Effect Research Center, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla 90110, Thailand

4. Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla 90110, Thailand

5. Division of Digital Innovation and Data Analytics (DIDA), Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla 90110, Thailand

6. Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla 90110, Thailand

Abstract

In May 2021, there was a COVID-19 outbreak on board a construction support ship traveling from India to Thailand. Controlling the outbreak on this offshore vessel from 11 May to 2 June 2021 was applied. This case report describes the teamwork management of COVID-19 control on the vessel in the Gulf of Thailand. We summarized the COVID-19 outbreak control process on board, including active COVID-19-infected cases (CoIC) and close contacts (CoCC) identification, isolation, quarantine, treatment, and clinical monitoring using telemedicine to report their health measurements twice daily, including emergency conditions if they occurred. Active COVID-19 cases were identified by two rounds of reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests in all crew members, in which 7 of 29 (24.1%) showed positive results. Both the CoIC and CoCC were strictly and absolutely isolated and quarantined on the vessel. No serious medical conditions were reported during the monitoring. The third-round RT-PCR tests were conducted, and all tested negative one week later. Teamwork management in proactive COVID-19 case identification, isolation, comprehensive treatment, and close monitoring of health conditions using telemedicine devices is beneficial for controlling the COVID-19 outbreak on board.

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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