REPORTING, NAMED


Meaning of REPORTING, NAMED in English

In public health, named reporting is the reporting of infected persons by name to public health departments. This is standard practice for the surveillance of many infectious diseases such as syphilis, gonorrhea, and tuberculosis that pose a public health threat. The opposite of named reporting is anonymous testing in which the individual remains nameless.

English dictionary of medicine.      Английский словарь медицины.