A community health nurse has identified the index case. In which is the nurse involved?

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The index case (diagnosed person) results from contact investigation and partner notification. Screening describes programs that deliver a testing procedure to detect disease in groups of asymptomatic apparently healthy individuals. Isolation refers to the separation of the infected person from others for a period of communicability to limit transmission; quarantine refers to restrictions placed on healthy contacts of an infectious case for the duration of the incubation period. Contact investigation and notification is one of two approaches to secondary prevention of communicable diseases.

A Community Health Nurse Has Identified the Index Case