Infection Risk Prediction in Healthcare Settings: Lessons from COVID-19 Contact Tracing.
Salih KeskinAhmet Naci EmecenAlp ErgörPublished in: Infectious diseases & clinical microbiology (2024)
The inclusion of being symptomatic improved the contact-based and risk assessment-based models. Institutions should be encouraged to incorporate symptom inquiries into risk assessment protocols in response to newly emerging respiratory virus epidemics. Institutions lacking the capacity for extensive contact tracing are recommended, at minimum, to track symptomatic exposed workers for epidemic control.