Testing and Contract Tracing for COVID-19

Preface

• Chapter 1. COVID-19 Testing: Key Issues
  (Amanda K. Sarata)
• Chapter 2. COVID-19 Testing: Frequently Asked Questions
  (Amanda K. Sarata, Erica A. Lee, Elayne J. Heisler, Bryce H. P. Mendez, Evelyne P. Baumrucker, Sidath Viranga Panangala, Kate M. Costin, Kavya Sekar, Vanessa C. Forsberg, Jennifer A. Staman, Jim Hahn, Jared S. Sussman, Noah D. Isserman, Phoenix Voorhies and Abigail F. Kolker)
• Chapter 3. Development and Regulation of Domestic Diagnostic Testing for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19): Frequently Asked Questions
  (Amanda K. Sarata)
• Chapter 4. COVID-19 Testing
  (United States Government Accountability Office)
• Chapter 5. Interim Guidance on Developing a COVID-19 Case Investigation and Contact Tracing Plan
  (U.S. Department of Health)
• Chapter 6. Case Investigation and Contact Tracing: Part of a Multipronged Approach to Fight the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Chapter 7. Contact Tracing for COVID-19: Domestic Policy Issues
  (Kavya Sekar and Laurie A. Harris)
• Chapter 8. Health Department Checklist: Developing a Case Investigation and Contact Tracing Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
  (CDC)
• Chapter 9. COVID-19 Case Investigation and Contact Tracing Supervisor or Lead Training: Guidance, Resources, and Sample Training Plan
  CDC)
• Chapter 10. Contact Tracing: Part of a Multipronged Approach to Fight the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Chapter 11. Contact Tracing – CDC’s Role and Approach
  (CDC)
• Chapter 12. Contact Tracing: Do Your Part to Keep Your Family, Friends, and Community Safe
  (CDC)
• Chapter 13. Contact Tracing Apps
  (United States Government Accountability Office)
• Chapter 14. Contact Tracing Workflow (COVID-19)
  (CDC)
• Chapter 15. CDC-Funded Training for the COVID-19 Contact Tracing Workforce
  (CDC)
• Chapter 16. Digital Contact Tracing Tools for COVID-19
  (CDC)
• Chapter 17. Guidelines for the Implementation and Use of Digital Tools to Augment Traditional Contact Tracing
  (CDC)
• Chapter 18. Preliminary Criteria for the Evaluation of Digital Contact Tracing Tools for COVID-19
  (U.S. Department of Health)
• Chapter 19. Digital Contact Tracing Technology: Overview and Considerations for Implementation
  (Patricia Moloney Figliola)
• Chapter 20. COVID-19: Digital Contact Tracing and Privacy Law
  (Eric N. Holmes and Chris D. Linebaugh)
• Chapter21. “Tracing Papers”: A Comparison of COVID-19 Data Privacy Bills
  (Jonathan M. Gaffney)
• Chapter 22. Constitutional Authority to Regulate the Privacy of State-Collected Contact-Tracing Data
  (Edward C. Liu)

Index

The United States is reporting some of the highest number of cases and deaths from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic globally, and the disease is affecting communities nationwide. In response, federal, state, and local governments have undertaken containment and mitigation efforts to “flatten the curve”—that is, to slow widespread transmission that could overwhelm the nation’s health care system and to reduce spread of the disease while treatments and vaccines are being developed that will lessen the health impact of the virus. This book provides answers to numerous questions related to COVID-19 testing, including types of testing available and their reliability. It also discusses basic principles of contact tracing to stop COVID-19 transmission.