As we continue to navigate our way through the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important that we keep the safety of employees at the top of our priorities. Essential to this safety is the effective response to employees who may have been exposed.
Contact-Tracing is an important process that can be implemented in any community to proactively address the potential transmission of COVID-19 by an infected person. This training is designed to provide a basic framework for determining a disease carrier’s infectious period, conducting a contact-tracing interview, and providing recommendations to people who may have come into contact with an infected person.
Jefferson Community and Technical College’s Department of Workforce Solutions is offering an online, four-hour Contact-Tracing course to help your company develop appropriate responses to possible COVID-19 exposure.
We invite you to join us on Thursday, June 18
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, from 1pm to 5pm OR Friday, June 19
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, from 8am until 12pm. The training will include lecture, discussion, and scenarios. Courses will be limited to the first 25 respondents and are being offered at a cost of $100.00 per participant. If your company is interested in participating, please reply to this email or contact Dr. Cobb directly at
Nicole.cobb@kctcs.edu
COVID-19 Contact Tracer Training Outline
I.
COVID-19 Basics
- Signs and symptoms of COVID-19
- Transmission of COVID-19
- COVID-19 diagnosis
- Timeline of infection
- Preventing the spread of COVID-19
II.
Contact Tracing Basics
- Define COVID’s reproduction Number
- Compare and contrast quarantine and isolation
- Determine quarantine and isolation timelines
III.
Making contact with cases and contacts
- Interviewing cases
- Notifying contacts
- Monitoring cases and contacts
IV.
Communication, confidentiality, and dense contact environments
- Identify various communication techniques
- Describe the importance of HIPAA
- Define a dense contact environment and how to handle the possible contacts
V.
Top 10/Quick Review
