Contact tracing with a real-time location system: A case study of increasing relative effectiveness in an emergency department

BACKGROUND: Contact tracing is the systematic method of identifying individuals potentially exposed to infectious diseases. Electronic medical record (EMR) use for contact tracing is time-consuming and may miss exposed individuals. Real-time location systems (RTLSs) may improve contact identificatio...

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Main Authors: Hellmich, Thomas R., Clements, Casey M., El-Sherif, Nibras, Pasupathy, Kalyan S., Nestler, David M., Boggust, Andy, Ernste, Vickie K., Marisamy, Gomathi, Koenig, Kyle R., Hallbeck, M. Susan
Format: Online Article Text
Language:English
Published: Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2017
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Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7115342/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28967513
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2017.08.014

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7115342/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28967513
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2017.08.014

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