Contact Tracing
A student has tested positive without symptoms on 3/3, Identify the date contact tracing efforts begin, and the students COVID-19 immunity period
Contact Tracing: 3/1
Immunity Period: 3/3-6/3
What information needs to be obtained prior to a student returning to school due to a covid-19 quarantine?
Student’s symptom status, test results (if student was tested), Doctor’s note excusing illness not-related to Covid-19
What is the major difference between a close-contact quarantine time period and a symptomatic quarantine time period?
An individual can provide negative test results (in addition to 24hr symptom clearance) in order to return sooner than projected quarantine period. A close-contact must remain on quarantine regardless of test outcomes
What is the difference between quarantine and isolation?
Quarantine keeps someone who might have been exposed to the virus away from others.
Isolation keeps someone who is infected with the virus away from others, even in their home.
Who should the School Nurse send their contact tracing results to (include all pertinent parties, minimum 3)?
School’s Principal,Nursing Supervisor Deborah Chameides, Schools Covid-19 Response Team, Schools Designated Covid-19 Health & Safety Liaison (if staff involved)
What date should I anticipate an update to the current CT Travel Advisory?
Starting March 19, CT Travel advisory will no longer be supported by an executive order, but as a recommendation
A mom tests positive on 3/2, notifies the school on 3/5, both students have been in school from 3/1-3/5, one student began sx on 3/5, the other student is w/o sx. How would the nurse address contact tracing?
At this time, without a positive test result from the student, contact tracing cannot begin. *Encourage/Educate Parent importance of testing, and provide extended quarantine dates to both children, noting extension of quarantine might occur if additional student develops symptoms.
What are the symptoms associated with Covid-19? (List minimum 5)
Symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure to the virus. People with these symptoms may have COVID-19:
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
Where would a school nurse go to access current guidelines related to Covid-19 contact tracing?
DPH Addendum 5
*Please also reach out to Deb Chameides and/or your schools designated Covid-19 Health & Safety Liaison for any questions not answered in Addendum 5
A student recently travelled to Puerto Rico, what quarantine guidelines apply in this scenario?
PR is considered domestic travel, and the students can test 72 hours prior to arriving back in CT, and/or test any time after arrival. If they don’t test, they have to quarantine for 10 days
*All international travel requires a 10-day quarantine
What information is important to capture when assessing a symptomatic student (provide minimum of 3 examples)?
Date of symptom onset, list of symptoms, any recent travel and/or known ill exposures, any additional district students/staff in the household, any previous health condition potentially related to current symptoms, Pending test results date, when was student last on-site?
What are the two Covid-19 variants that have been identified in CT?
Variant B117-UK
Variant B1351-South Africa
How would you determine a positive students infectious period?
start 2 days prior from symptom onset, or 2 days prior from an asx + test, then add 10 days.
*If individual is still symptomatic on days 11-14 they are still likely to transmit Covid-19--adjust extended quarantine as needed.
A student has tested positive on 3/2, with symptom onset on 3/1, what initial return to school date should be provided to the students siblings?
3/24/21 calculate infectious period (subtract 2 days from sx onset or +asx test, then add 10 days), then add 14 days from last date of infectious period (as long as the POSITIVE individual is no longer symptomatic ON DAY 10)
Student A tests asx positive on 2/21, one of their siblings, Student B, began symptoms on 2/25 and tests positive on 2/26. Student C is without symptoms. Calculate Quarantine Dates for Student A, B, and C.
Student A: RTS 3/3
Student B: RTS 3/7 (3/8)
Student C: 3/19
Please describe the different quarantine periods for Staff vs Students, and provide the reason behind these differences.
Staff are expected to quarantine for 10 days regardless of reason to quarantine. Students must quarantine for 14 days, unless they are positive (10 days in this scenario, +symptom free 24 hours).
*Staff are able to return after 10 days (+24 hours symptom clear) since they utilize Kokomo as a symptom checker, *Students are unable to accurately symptom monitor
What are the current side effects (minimum 4) associated with a Covid-19 vaccine, and what time frame should these side effects resolve by?
Pain, redness & swelling at Vaccination site
Nausea,Vomiting, feeling unwell, pain, tenderness, & swelling of lymph nodes in same arm of vaccination,Fever,
Fatigue, Headache, Chills, Myalgia (Muscle Pain) Arthralgia (Joint Pain)
*Within 48 hours of dose administration