Contact tracing (Epidemiology)
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Name (Hebrew)
איתור מגעים (אפידמיולוגיה)
Name (Latin)
Contact tracing (Epidemiology)
Name (Arabic)
تتبع المخالطين (علم الأوبئة)
Other forms of name
Tracing, Contact (Epidemiology)
See Also From tracing topical name
Epidemiology
Medicine, Preventive
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
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Q1128437
Library of congress:
sh2020006779
Sources of Information
- Work cat: Verrall, A. Rapid audit of contact tracing for COVID-19 in New Zealand, via WWW, viewed on August 13, 2020:PDF page 4 (contact tracing is the identification and isolation of people who have been exposed to an infectious case, to prevent onwards transmission from the contact to others. The contact tracing system is the final part of a process that begins with someone who is ill with Covid19, called an index case)
- COVID-19 contact tracing application, via WWW, viewed on August 13, 2020:May, 15, 2020, PDF page 4 (the speed and efficiency of contact tracing is one of the most critical factors in a health system's ability to slow or stop the spread of communicable disease)
- Guidelines for tuberculosis contact tracing in Pacific island countries and territories, 2010.
- New Zealand. Ministry of Health. Guidance on infectious disease management under the Health Act 1956, via WWW, viewed on August 13, 2020:MS Word page 17 (Contact tracing applies to a wide range of infectious diseases and can be done by the person considered an infection risk (ie, 'the case'), DHBs, primary care practitioners such as GPs, sexual health clinics and non-government organisations)