Isolation
Separate sick people with COVID-19 diagnosis.
What is isolation?
Separates and restricts the movement of people who were to exposed to a sick person and monitors if they become sick.
What is quarantine?
A respiratory disease caused by SARS-CoV-2.
What is COVID-19?
I just traveled from NY and I am fully vaccinated, what do I do?
Self monitor for symptoms and wear a mask and follow precautions.
PCR test
What is the gold standard test?
I have tested positive and I have no symptoms.
What is an asymptomatic individual?
14 full days.
What is the safest and recommended time for quarantine?
Fever, cough, loss of taste or smell, congestion or runny nose.
What are symptoms of COVID-19?
Jake has tested positive on 10/18/21. His symptoms started on 10/15/21. When does he return to school?
10/26/21
If I had a positive antigen test and negative PCR within 48 hours and no symptoms.
I am currently not infected with COVID-19.
I have tested positive and have symptoms.
What is a symptomatic individual?
Individuals not required to quarantine.
Fully vaccinated individuals?
Person to person spread and spread from contact with contaminated surfaces.
How does COVID-19 spread?
Brittany has tested positive and ends isolation on 10/21/21. She has a twin sister, Bianca, who is unvaccinated and they share a bedroom and bathroom. When does Bianca return to school?
10/29/21.
If a staff member test positive and needs guidance who has to be copied on the email?
Employee > direct supervisor > CovidReports, and Leave Requests and School Nurse (school based cases)
10 full days.
What is the recommended time for isolation?
Test on day 5 since exposure, negative test result and no symptoms.
What is 7 Day Quarantine?
PCR and rapid (Antigen test) and antibody test.
What are the types of testing for COVID-19?
Jalisa was exposed on 11/1/21. She is unvaccinated and has no symptoms. What is the earliest day she can test?
Day 5: 11/6/21
APS does not require a negative test for return to school after being positive only that they do required 10 days of isolation. What strategy is this?
Time-based
10 days have passed since symptom onset, 24 hours since last fever, and symptoms have improved.
What is the DPH return to work procedure?
Refuse to test and wear a mask indoors after exposure and fully vaccinated. What do I do?
Follow quarantine guidance for unvaccinated individuals.
Social distance and wear a mask, avoid close contact with sick people, and washing hands often.
How do we stop transmission?
A new bus driver does not keep a seating chart of his bus. There was a positive student who rode to and from school while infectious for 3 days. The student could not identify who she next to nor could the bus driver. What should they do?
The entire bus should quarantine.
Someone who was within 6 feet of an infected person for a cumulative of 15 minutes or more.
What is a close contact?