By Challenge Seattle
Contact tracing is a critical tool in a community’s effort to stop the spread of COVID-19 as stay at home measures are lifted.
“Contact tracing stops the chain of transmission through rapid isolation of positive cases and identification and quarantine of those in “close contact” with a positive case during the infectious period. Employers play a vital role in contact tracing. With a responsibility to provide a safe workplace, employers have a vested interest in quickly notifying employees of potential exposure to COVID-19 to keep employees healthy, maintain customer and employee confidence, and reduce the need to close facilities. Healthy Workplace: The Role of Employers in Effective Contact Tracing outlines the key steps employers can take to prepare their workplace to support contact tracing effort.”
