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Case investigator COVID-19 response job description template

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    Case investigation and contact tracing is the process of working with a person (patient) who has been diagnosed with an infectious disease to identify and provide support to other people (contacts) who may have been infected through close contact with the patient. This process is a core disease control measure that has been employed by health department personnel for decades and is a key strategy for preventing the spread of COVID-19. The Communicable Disease Investigator position focuses on activities involving people with laboratory-confirmed, probable, and suspected diagnoses of COVID-19 (patients), AND people (contacts) who may have been exposed to the virus through close contact with a person diagnosed with COVID-19 ; cdc.gov/coronavirus ; CS 318145-A ; 07/16/2020 ; COVID19-communicable-disease-investigator-508.pdf
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