Digital contact tracing tools for COVID-19

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Digital contact tracing tools vary in purpose, features, and complexity, but they can add value to traditional contact tracing efforts by:
  
  • Improving the efficiency and accuracy of data management and automating tasks;
  
  • Reducing the burden of data collection on public health staff by allowing electronic self-reporting
  
  • by cases and contacts;
  
  • Using location data to identify community contacts unknown to the case to look at possible exposure.
  
  Public health staff may have different contact tracing challenges, making a one-size-fits-all solution unlikely. Below are some items to consider when selecting the best tool for contact tracing.
  
  cdc.gov/coronavirus
  
  CS 316626-A 04/20/2020
  
  digital-contact-tracing.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
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b5fd9354db3aff7098de3274ca23fc87a6836c294a8ca9c6e3ea1e0b2557fdf6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/87208/cdc_87208_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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