Employee investigation and contact tracing program in a pediatric cancer hospital to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 among the workforce, patients, and caregivers

• Main Authors: Diego R. Hijano (Author), Sandra R. Dennis (Author), James M. Hoffman (Author), Li Tang (Author), Randall T. Hayden (Author), St. Jude COVID-19 Case Investigation and Contact Tracing Team (Author), Aditya H. Gaur (Author), Hana Hakim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundCase investigations and contact tracing are essential disease control measures used by health departments. Early in the pandemic, they were seen as a key strategy to stop COVID-19 spread. The CDC urged rapid action to scale up and train a large workforce and collaborate across public and p...