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• Computerize your infection surveillance for improved patient care--and savings: if you don't know your hospital's infection rate, you may be missing an opportunity to significantly improve patient care--and financial health

  Authors:Julie Meek and Sean TinneyFrom:Healthcare Financial Management (Vol. 60, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20061,851 words Article 1730LThe increase in drug-resistant healthcare-associated infections is forcing hospitals to address this serious and costly health issue. Approximately 2 million patients admitted to U.S. hospitals--about one in 10--acquire...

• Establishing and Managing a Quarantine and Isolation Centre in COVID-19 Pandemic

  Authors:Sahibzada Nasir Mansoor, Zaheer Ahmad Gill, Farooq Azam Rathore, and Khurshid Muhammad UttraFrom:Journal of Pakistan Medical Association (Vol. 70, Issue 5)

  May 31, 20202,301 words Article 1420LByline: Sahibzada Nasir Mansoor, Zaheer Ahmad Gill, Farooq Azam Rathore and Khurshid Muhammad Uttra Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, Disaster response, Coronavirus, Quarantine, PPE, Pakistan. Introduction The novel corona...

• 'We felt we had beaten it': New Zealand's race to eliminate the coronavirus again

  Author:Dyani LewisFrom:Nature (Vol. 584, Issue 7821) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 20, 20201,252 words Interview 1200LAuthor(s): Dyani Lewis Author Affiliations: 'We felt we had beaten it': New Zealand's race to eliminate the coronavirus again Restrictions have been reintroduced in New Zealand after a new coronavirus outbreak....

• In-Flight Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory SARS-CoV-2

  Authors:Edward M. Choi, Daniel K.W. Chu, Peter K.C. Cheng, Dominic N.C. Tsang, Malik Peiris, Daniel G. Bausch, et al.From:Emerging Infectious Diseases (Vol. 26, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 20201,972 words Report 1330LFour persons with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection had traveled on the same flight from Boston, Massachusetts, USA, to Hong Kong, China. Their virus genetic sequences are identical, unique, and...

• Modelling digital and manual contact tracing for COVID-19. Are low uptakes and missed contacts deal-breakers?

  Authors:Andrei C. Rusu, Rémi Emonet, and Katayoun FarrahiFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 16, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 18, 202111,023 words Report 1750LComprehensive testing schemes, followed by adequate contact tracing and isolation, represent the best public health interventions we can employ to reduce the impact of an ongoing epidemic when no or limited vaccine...

• Dissecting contact tracing apps in the Android platform.

  Authors:Vasileios Kouliaridis, Georgios Kambourakis, Efstratios Chatzoglou, Dimitrios Geneiatakis, and Hua WangFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 16, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 14, 202110,422 words Report 1400LContact tracing has historically been used to retard the spread of infectious diseases, but if it is exercised by hand in large-scale, it is known to be a resource-intensive and quite deficient process. Nowadays, digital...

• Improved detection and management of advanced HIV disease through a community adult TB-contact tracing intervention with same-day provision of the WHO-recommended package of care including ART initiation in a rural district of Mozambique.

  Authors:Santiago Izco, Adria Murias-Closas, Alexander M. Jordan, Gregory Greene, Nteruma Catorze, Helio Chiconela, et al.From:Journal of the International AIDS Society (Vol. 24, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 20217,499 words Report 1420LIntroduction: AIDS-mortality remains unacceptably high in sub-Saharan Africa, largely driven by advanced HIV disease (AHD). We nested a study in an existing tuberculosis (TB) contact-tracing intervention (Xpatial-TB)....

• TRACING THE VIRUS WITH BLUETOOTH

  Author:Michael CastelluccioFrom:Strategic Finance (Vol. 101, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  June 2020767 words Article 1420LThere are dozens of projects under way looking to develop apps that can map the movement of the COVID-19 contagion in ways that protect the privacy of users. In April 2020, Google and Apple announced their intention to...

• Containment of COVID-19: Simulating the impact of different policies and testing capacities for contact tracing, testing, and isolation.

  Authors:Vincenzo G. Fiore, Nicholas DeFelice, Benjamin S. Glicksberg, Ofer Perl, Anastasia Shuster, Kaustubh Kulkarni, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 16, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 31, 202110,811 words Report 1670LEfficient contact tracing and testing are fundamental tools to contain the transmission of SARS-CoV-2. We used multi-agent simulations to estimate the daily testing capacity required to find and isolate a number of...

• Kemeny-based testing for COVID-19

  Authors:Serife Yilmaz, Ekaterina Dudkina, Michelangelo Bin, Emanuele Crisostomi, Pietro Ferraro, Roderick Murray-Smith, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 15, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 19, 20208,471 words Report 1580LTesting, tracking and tracing abilities have been identified as pivotal in helping countries to safely reopen activities after the first wave of the COVID-19 virus. Contact tracing apps give the unprecedented...

• Mass-surveillance technologies to fight coronavirus spread: the case of Israel

  Authors:Moran Amit, Heli Kimhi, Tarif Bader, Jacob Chen, Elon Glassberg, and Avi BenovFrom:Nature Medicine (Vol. 26, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 20202,169 words Report 1520LAuthor(s): Moran Amit 1 , Heli Kimhi 1 , Tarif Bader 2 3 , Jacob Chen 4 , Elon Glassberg 2 5 6 , Avi Benov 2 6 Author Affiliations: (1) Department of Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson...

• Digital technologies in the public-health response to COVID-19

  Authors:Jobie Budd, Benjamin S. Miller, Erin M. Manning, Vasileios Lampos, Mengdie Zhuang, Michael Edelstein, et al.From:Nature Medicine (Vol. 26, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 20208,413 words Report 1490LAuthor(s): Jobie Budd 1 2 , Benjamin S. Miller 1 , Erin M. Manning 1 , Vasileios Lampos 3 , Mengdie Zhuang 4 , Michael Edelstein 5 , Geraint Rees 6 , Vincent C. Emery 7 , Molly M. Stevens 8 , Neil Keegan 9 , Michael J....

• Parallels and Mutual Lessons in Tuberculosis and COVID-19 Transmission, Prevention, and Control.

  Authors:Philip C. Hopewell, Lee B. Reichman, and Kenneth G. CastroFrom:Emerging Infectious Diseases (Vol. 27, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 20214,236 words Report 1600LThe coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has had unprecedented negative effects on global health and economies, drawing attention and resources from many other public health services. To minimize negative effects, the...

• The acceptability and uptake of smartphone tracking for COVID-19 in Australia

  Authors:Paul M. Garrett, Joshua P. White, Stephan Lewandowsky, Yoshihisa Kashima, Andrew Perfors, Daniel R. Little, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 16, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 22, 20218,919 words Report 1480LIn response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many Governments are instituting mobile tracking technologies to perform rapid contact tracing. However, these technologies are only effective if the public is willing to use them,...

• Contact Tracing during Coronavirus Disease Outbreak, South Korea, 2020.

  Authors:Young Joon Park, Young June Choe, Ok Park, Shin Young Park, Young-Man Kim, Jieun Kim, et al.From:Emerging Infectious Diseases (Vol. 26, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20201,925 words Article 1370LWe analyzed reports for 59,073 contacts of 5,706 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) index patients reported in South Korea during January 20-March 27, 2020. Of 10,592 household contacts, 11.8% had COVID-19. Of 48,481...

• Outcomes of COVID-19 contact tracing in hospital healthcare workers: A retrospective cohort study.

  Authors:Seyfi Durmaz, Ece Fidan Kucuk, Sera Simsek, Kevser Durgun, Emine Bilge Karakas, and Raika DurusoyFrom:Journal of Pakistan Medical Association (Vol. 72, Issue 4)

  Apr. 30, 20223,666 words Report 1650LByline: Seyfi Durmaz, Ece Fidan Kucuk, Sera Simsek, Kevser Durgun, Emine Bilge Karakas and Raika Durusoy Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, Healthcare workers, Contact tracing, Contact-based surveillance. Introduction The first...

• Electronic vaccination certificates: avoiding a repeat of the contact-tracing 'format wars'.

  Authors:Klaus Marhold and Jan FellFrom:Nature Medicine (Vol. 27, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 20211,303 words Letter to the editor 1420LAuthor(s): Klaus Marhold 1 , Jan Fell 1 2 Author Affiliations: (1) Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria (2) Institute of Service Science,...

• Implementing tuberculosis close-contact investigation in a Tertiary Hospital in Iran

  Authors:Masoud Shamaei, Shahrbanoo Esmaeili, Majid Marjani, and Payam TabarsiFrom:International Journal of Preventive Medicine (Vol. 9, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  January-December 20183,364 words Report 1630LByline: Masoud. Shamaei, Shahrbanoo. Esmaeili, Majid. Marjani, Payam. Tabarsi Background: Close contact investigation is the essential key in tuberculosis (TB) case finding and an effective strategy for TB control...

• Exploring the promise and reality of ward-based primary healthcare outreach teams conducting TB household contact tracing in three districts of South Africa.

  Authors:Candice M. Chetty-Makkan, Daniel deSanto, Richard Lessells, Salome Charalambous, Kavindhran Velen, Sewele Makgopa, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 16, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 13, 20217,212 words Report 1360LBackground Tuberculosis (TB) household contact tracing is a form of targeted active case-finding for which community health workers ('outreach teams') in South Africa are primarily responsible for its implementation....

• A cost analysis of implementing mobile health facilitated tuberculosis contact investigation in a low-income setting.

  Authors:Patricia Turimumahoro, Austin Tucker, Amanda J. Gupta, Radhika P. Tampi, Diana Babirye, Emmanuel Ochom, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 1, 20225,309 words Report 1600LIntroduction Mobile health (mHealth) applications may improve timely access to health services and improve patient-provider communication, but the upfront costs of implementation may be prohibitive, especially in...