Health departments : Interim buidance on developing a COVID-19 case investigation & contact tracing plan

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Last updated May 13, 2020
  
  This interim guidance document is intended to assist state, local, territorial and tribal health departments develop jurisdictional plans for the implementation and enhancement of COVID-19 case investigation and contact tracing efforts.
  
  case-investigation-contact-tracing.pdf
  
  
• Content Notes:
  I. Introduction -- II. Scaling Up Staffing Roles Involved in Case Investigation & Contact Tracing -- III. When to Initiate Case Investigation & Contact Tracing Activities -- IV. Investigating a COVID-19 Case -- V. Contact Tracing for COVID-19 -- VI. Outbreaks -- VII. Special Considerations -- VIII. Building Community Support -- IX. Data Management -- X. Evaluating Success -- XI. Confidentiality and Consent -- XII. Support Services to Consider -- XIII. Digital Contact Tracing Tools -- XIV. Resources -- Appendix A – Glossary of Key Terms -- Appendix B - Tips for Locating COVID-19 Cases and Contacts -- Appendix C - Data Elements for Case Investigation & Contact Tracing Forms Appendix D – Tool for Estimating the Number of Contact Tracers Needed.
• Subjects:
  Contact Tracing Coronavirus Infections/prevention & Control COVID-19 Pandemics Public Health Public Health Practice
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:fb1b57063a1d896e5b6c9f04639c7e3c6206b5fa7b52f945b6f4b0d40b186835
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/87920/cdc_87920_DS1.pdf
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