COVID-19 contact tracing at work in Belgium - how tracers tweak guidelines for the better
Abstract Background When conducting COVID-19 contact tracing, pre-defined criteria allow differentiating high-risk contacts (HRC) from low-risk contacts (LRC). Our study aimed to evaluate whether contact tracers in Belgium followed these criteria in practice and whether their deviations improved the infection risk assessment. Method We conducted a retrospective cohort study in Belgium, through an anonymous online survey, sent to 111,763 workers by email. First, we evaluated the concordance between the guideline-based classification of HRC or LRC and the tracer’s classification. We computed pos... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2023 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | BMC Public Health, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2023) |
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Schlagwörter: | Contact Tracing / COVID-19 / Workplace / Occupational health / Public aspects of medicine / RA1-1270 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27391421 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16911-1 |