Advantages of using a COVID-Tracker at school
Reducing Transmission at schools
The primary benefit of a COVID 19 tracker is to reduce transmission at schools. Recent studies show that COVID trackers can reduce transmission by up to 90%. Using this tool, you can easily identify infected students, isolate them quickly, trace their contacts, and notify them of possible exposure before recommending self-isolation.
Contact Tracing
As the name suggests, contact tracing is the systematic process of identifying students who might have contacted an infected student. They are warned about the exposure and asked to take proper precautions.
By tracing the interactions between students, you can quickly identify infected students in case of an outbreak in the school.
With the right information at hand, you can take the necessary preventive measures like asking infected students to self-isolate and not come to school.
You can also follow up with teachers and other faculties who may have encountered the infected student and request them to immediately isolate and seek medical attention to curb the spread of the disease.
Tracing, identifying, and monitoring contacts
For the COVID tracker to deliver reliable results, you must first identify and monitor the likely contacts of infected students. The whole point of this approach is to inform the contacts of a possible exposure to take appropriate action to prevent further transmission.
Ensuring the sustainable quarantine of infected students
The process of tracing and identifying contacts is just one part of the jigsaw. After diagnosing the contact, you must ensure adequate access to urgent medical assistance and quarantine facilities for them. This prevents additional transmission.
Protecting student privacy
Unfortunately, even though we live in a modern age, infected students are still at risk of being stigmatized and discriminated against. COVID Tracker upholds patient privacy unless the individual says otherwise. Patient confidentiality is a core principle of contact tracing.
Educating suspected students on the risks involved
Although COVID-19 is no longer unfamiliar, many myths and misconceptions about the virus do exist. Therefore, it is important to notify students about possible exposure to the virus and educate them on their risks. You should provide students with the correct information and support to self-isolate and protect their loved ones from contracting the virus.
Reduces the workload of school health faculties
School nurses are the most pressured employees at schools ever since the outbreak of COVID-19. Their tasks have become herculean as they must manage the normal student health records and pay special attention to the infected students. Implementing a COVID-19 tracker in the school eases their job, and all the records can be maintained systematically.
