Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Possible Symptoms Include:
- Fever or chills
- Cough
- Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
- Fatigue
- Muscle or body aches
- Headache
- New loss of taste or smell
- Sore throat
- Congestion or runny nose
- Nausea or vomiting
- Diarrhea
If you have COVID like symptoms:
If you have been exposed to someone with COVID:
- Test after day 3 post-exposure and re-test at day 5
- Fill out the Employee COVID Survey to request testing through OEHC
- All staff must wear an N95 respirator for 10 days after an exposure. If they test negative for
COVID-19 5 days after the last exposure, then they can remove the N95 mask. (Staff not working in a healthcare facility and/or those who do not have roles that require fit testing, should wear well-fitted source control, i.e. a medical grade mask or N95. Non fit tested employees who choose to wear an N95 should complete the voluntary use form.)
If you have tested positive for COVID:
Testing Workflows:
- Testing workflows: exposures without symptoms, exposures and symptoms, symptoms without an exposure, and positive test
IMPORTANT NOTE: Beginning March 18, the COVID testing site for employees will be located behind the Cypress Building at 2221 Stockton Blvd. Employees will turn from V St. onto Nurse Way, pull into Lot 8 and drive forward into the testing pod, then exit from the Cypress Building’s front lot, Parking Lot 11, on to Colonial Way. Employee testing at this location will be open 8 am, with an appointment only.
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