Patient under investigation

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.[1][2] 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.[3][4][5] It is a term used by health care workers in classifying patients during evaluation and testing in times of infectious disease outbreaks.[6][7]

See also
  • Disease surveillance – Monitoring spread of disease to establish patterns of progression
  • Infection control
  • Pandemic prevention – The organization and management of preventive measures against pandemics
  • Social distancing – Infection control technique
  • Super-spreader
  • Transmission – Passing of a pathogen from one organism to another
  • Triage – The process of determining the priority of patients' treatments based on the severity of their condition

References
  1. "CDC Broadens 'Person Under Investigation' Definition for COVID-19".
  2. "Guidelines for Evaluating and Testing for COVID-19 Coronavirus (CDC)". MedicineNet. 26 March 2020.
  3. Modesto, Catherine (20 March 2020). "How COVID-19 testing is conducted in PH". CNN Philippines.
  4. "Center for Disease Control Patient Under Investigation Definition". Military Health System.
  5. Salameda, Austin (24 March 2020). "The CoviD 19 Saga: PUM vs PUI, what's in a Word?". Digital News Exchange.
  6. "Evaluating and Testing Persons for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  7. "Interim Guidance for Healthcare Professionals". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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