Medicine:Patient under investigation

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Short description: Health care patient classification

A patient under investigation (or a person under investigation) refers to a person who had been in close contact with a person with confirmed infection or/and may have been to place where there is an outbreak or superspreading event.[1][2][3] This person exhibits the symptoms of the disease and is required to be tested, and undergo a quarantine or isolation while waiting for the laboratory results.[4][5][6] It is a term used by health care workers in classifying patients during evaluation and testing in contact tracing in times of infectious disease outbreaks.[7][8]

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References

  1. "CDC Broadens 'Person Under Investigation' Definition for COVID-19". https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/925926. 
  2. "Guidelines for Evaluating and Testing for COVID-19 Coronavirus (CDC)". MedicineNet. 26 March 2020. https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=229341. 
  3. "Pimentel to DOJ: I was not a PUI when I went to Makati Med" (in en). 16 July 2020. https://rappler.com/nation/pimentel-says-he-was-not-pui-when-he-went-makati-medical-center. 
  4. Modesto, Catherine (20 March 2020). "How COVID-19 testing is conducted in PH". CNN Philippines. https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2020/3/20/coronavirus-testing-in-philippines.html. 
  5. "Center for Disease Control Patient Under Investigation Definition". Military Health System. https://www.health.mil/Military-Health-Topics/Health-Readiness/Pandemic-Diseases/MERS-CoV/Patient-Under-Investigation-Definition. 
  6. Salameda, Austin (24 March 2020). "The CoviD 19 Saga: PUM vs PUI, what's in a Word?". Digital News Exchange. http://www.dnx.news/covid19/the-covid-19-saga-pum-vs-pui-whats-in-a-word/. 
  7. "Evaluating and Testing Persons for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/hcp/clinical-criteria.html. 
  8. "Interim Guidance for Healthcare Professionals". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2 August 2019. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/mers/interim-guidance.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2Fmers%2Fcase-def.html. 

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