Contact tracing
PROCESS OF FINDING AND IDENTIFYING PEOPLE IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH SOMEONE WHO IS INFECTED WITH A TRANSMISSIBLE PATHOGEN
Contact-tracing; Proximity tracing; Contact tracers
In public health, contact tracing is the process of identifying persons who may have come into contact with an infected person ("contacts") and subsequent collection of further information about these contacts. By tracing the contacts of infected individuals, testing them for infection, isolating or treating the infected, and tracing their contacts, public health aims to reduce infections in the population.