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Infection Control & Contact Tracing glossary
Terms used in Infection Control & Contact Tracing and its documentation.
Applies to Infection Control & Contact Tracing as it works today. Moraph updates the platform continuously, and this page is reviewed when it changes.
Terms used in Infection Control & Contact Tracing and its documentation.
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Index case | The patient whose positive result or confirmed infection starts a contact trace. |
| Exposure window | The period during which contacts with the index case are considered, set per organism and adjustable per case. |
| Contact | A patient or staff member who overlapped with an index case in a way your contact definitions include. |
| Watch list | The organisms and conditions whose positive results open an index case. |
| Location history | The rooms, beds and units a patient occupied over time, built from ADT messages. |
| Transmission-based precautions | Contact, droplet or airborne precautions used in addition to standard precautions. |
| Line list | A table of cases with key details, prepared for the health department or outbreak review. |
| Epidemic curve | A chart of cases by date of onset or detection, used to understand an outbreak's course. |
| NHSN | The CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network, to which facilities submit infection surveillance data. |
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