Analysis of the monitoring of the expansion of Covid-19 testing and surveillance in a municipality
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https://doi.org/10.11606/s1518-8787.2026060006945Keywords:
Sanitary Supervision, COVID-19, Primary Health Care, Digital Health Technology, COVID-19 TestingAbstract
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the monitoring of an intervention for expanding testing, isolation, quarantine, and telemonitoring of Covid-19 (TQT-Covid-Strategy) in an administrative health region of a municipality in Northeastern Brazil. METHODS: This is an evaluative study, whose object of analysis were data produced in the monitoring of a health intervention (TQT-Covid-Strategy), for six months, in 17 health units, namely 12 Family Health Units and five Health Centers. Monitoring matrices created through field reports, workshops with professionals and managers, and permanent education activities were analyzed. Monitoring took place in the three components of the TQT-Covid-Strategy intervention: expansion of accessibility to testing, monitoring of cases and surveillance strategies, and digital platform. The actions in each component were considered adequate (A), partially adequate (P), and inadequate (I) in relation to the activities determined in the action plan and in the protocol of the TQT-Covid-Strategy. RESULTS: The component of the expansion of accessibility to testing was considered adequate, while the monitoring of cases and surveillance strategies presented partially adequate or inadequate results in many units. As for the digital platform component, there was predominantly adequate performance in relation to registration and access to test results and case reporting. However, the use of other surveillance-related resources, such as contact tracing, was inadequate. CONCLUSIONS: Boosting the institutionalization of monitoring can be an important instrument for the implementation and improvement of health interventions. The regular presence of enablers and a widely disseminated protocol, in addition to community health agents, enhanced the intervention. However, partially adequate or inadequate results reinforced the importance of qualification of the work process in primary health care regarding surveillance actions and the use of information and communication technologies.
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