Contact Tracing with a Real Time Location System: A Case Study of Increasing Accuracy and Timeliness in the Emergency Department

Purpose: Children, especially neonates and infants, are the most vulnerable group to pertussis infection with adolescent and adults being the major source of infection. Pertussis may result in hospitalization with significant morbidities like pneumonia and acute respiratory distress. Therefore, the Centers for Disease Control provide extensive guidelines for early identification of potential pertussis exposures with proper contact tracing and subsequent management in healthcare settings. However, conventional contact tracing methods are time and resource consuming especially …