A Framework for Sustainable Contact Tracing and Exposure Investigation for Large Health Systems.
Mayo Clin Proc
; 95(7): 1432-1444, 2020 07.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-599150
ABSTRACT
Contact tracing is a cornerstone of communicable disease containment and involves identifying, quarantining, and monitoring contacts of infected people. Although contact tracing is a known evidence-based strategy in the community setting, the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the challenges to implementing labor-intensive contact tracing in the occupational setting of large health care systems and hospitals, the epicenter of the pandemic. We present a framework for feasible, scalable COVID-19 contact tracing in a large multistate health system in the United States employing approximately 69,000 health care personnel. The framework is shared with sufficient details to allow adoption or adaptation by other health systems. Continuous enhancement, optimization, and evaluation of the framework are ongoing.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Quarantine
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Contact Tracing
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Coronavirus Infections
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Delivery of Health Care
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Betacoronavirus
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Mayo Clin Proc
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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