Patient under investigation explained

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]}

External links

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's When Caring for Patients Under Investigation (PUIs) or Patients with Confirmed Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Human Infection with 2019 Novel Coronavirus Person Under Investigation (PUI) and Case Report Form
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Evaluating and Testing Persons for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
• Illinois Department of Public Health's Case Definitions for MERS-CoV Patient Under Investigation (PUI)
• Eurosurveillance's Differential diagnosis of illness in patients under investigation for the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), Italy, February 2020

Notes and References

1. Web site: CDC Broadens 'Person Under Investigation' Definition for COVID-19.
2. Web site: Guidelines for Evaluating and Testing for COVID-19 Coronavirus (CDC). 26 March 2020. MedicineNet.
3. Web site: Pimentel to DOJ: I was not a PUI when I went to Makati Med. 18 July 2020. Rappler. 16 July 2020 . en.
4. Web site: Modesto. Catherine. How COVID-19 testing is conducted in PH. CNN Philippines. 20 March 2020. 5 April 2020. 3 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200403213737/https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2020/3/20/coronavirus-testing-in-philippines.html. dead.
5. Web site: Center for Disease Control Patient Under Investigation Definition. Military Health System. 27 March 2020. 23 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200923203718/https://www.health.mil/Military-Health-Topics/Health-Readiness/Pandemic-Diseases/MERS-CoV/Patient-Under-Investigation-Definition. dead.
6. Web site: The CoviD 19 Saga: PUM vs PUI, what's in a Word?. Austin . Salameda . 24 March 2020. Digital News Exchange.
7. Web site: Evaluating and Testing Persons for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) . Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
8. Web site: Interim Guidance for Healthcare Professionals . 2 August 2019 . Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.