Contact tracing : part of a multipronged approach to fight the COVID-19 pandemic : COVID-19 contact tracing for health departments

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  This document highlights basic principles of contact tracing to stop COVID-19 transmission; detailed guidance for health departments and potential contact tracers is forthcoming.
  
  cdc.gov/coronavirus
  
  316704A April 24, 2020 4:36 PM
  
  principles-contact-tracing-booklet.pdf
  
  
• Content Notes:
  IDENTIFY STRATEGIES TO REDUCE SPREAD OF COVID-19 -- IDENTIFY THE PRIMARY COMPONENTS OF COVID-19 CONTACT TRACING -- LIST REQUIREMENTS FOR PROTECTING HEALTH INFORMATION --
  
  DESCRIBE COVID CONTACT TRACING PROTOCOL -- APPLY COVID CONTACT TRACING PROTOCOL TO REALISTIC SCENARIOS -- IDENTIFY JURISDICTION-SPECIFIC CONTACT TRACING TOOLS AND PROTOCOLS -- ANALYZE CONTACT TRACING ENCOUNTERS FOR CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Contact Tracing Coronavirus Infections/prevention & Control COVID-19 Pandemics Public Health Public Health Practice
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Guidance
• Pages in Document:
  3 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:85c2992d7efea002374b24caf80277f9c9cdb3379e874709fe4d6771e70ed854
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/87207/cdc_87207_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 715.39 KB ]