COVID-19 contact tracing at work in Belgium - how tracers tweak guidelines for the better

• Main Authors: Jerome Kieltyka (Author), Jinane Ghattas (Author), Sandrine Ruppol (Author), Pablo Nicaise (Author), Joren Raymenants (Author), Niko Speybroeck (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...