Adapting COVID-19 Contact Tracing Protocols to Accommodate Resource Constraints, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 2021

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Jeon, Seonghye ; Watson-Lewis, Lydia ; Rainisch, Gabriel ; Chiu, Chu-Chuan ; Castonguay, François M. ; Fischer, Leah S. ; Moonan, Patrick K. ; Oeltmann, John E. ; Adhikari, Bishwa B. ; Lawman, Hannah ; Meltzer, Martin I.
• Description:
  Because of constrained personnel time, the Philadelphia Department of Public Health (Philadelphia, PA, USA) adjusted its COVID-19 contact tracing protocol in summer 2021 by prioritizing recent cases and limiting staff time per case. This action reduced required staff hours to prevent each case from 21-30 to 8-11 hours, while maintaining program effectiveness.
• Subjects:
  Contact Tracing COVID-19 Humans Public Health SARS-CoV-2
• Keywords:
  Cases Averted Contact Tracing Coronavirus Disease Resource Efficiency Respiratory Infections Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Staff Hours Viruses Zoonoses
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2024; 30(2):333-336
• Pubmed ID:
  38181801
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10826771
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Philadelphia, PA
• Volume:
  30
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:20d140b4e81d048efff267f8ad15720db75a03671f5393bca9c0db59395d13d3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/147359/cdc_147359_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 549.19 KB ]