COVID-19 Screening Decision Tree:

Responding to a Symptomatic Individual – 8.16.2021

Experiencing COVID-like symptoms

Go Home / Stay in Isolation Room

COVID-19 symptoms include but
are not limited to:
Go Homeperson
Symptomatic or Stay in Isolation
must do one ofRoom
the following: • Fever ≥ 100.4 °F
Until Guardian Picks Up Student • Shortness of breath
• Chest pain
OR Get Evaluated by
Get a COVID-19 Test • Increasingly nonproductive (dry)
Healthcare Provider cough
*If no test result or healthcare provider • Body aches or fatigue
evaluation has been confirmed, should
PCR/molecular test confirmation
complete end of isolation criteria. If neither • GI symptoms (nausea, diarrhea)
required if antigen test is
negative for a symptomatic
is confirmed within 48 hrs of symptom • Loss of taste and/or smell
individual. onset, close contacts should quarantine. • Other flu or cold like symptoms
such as headache, sore throat, or
congestion

(+) Positive Test (-) Negative Test Advises to get a Gives Alternate
COVID-19 Test Diagnosis AND
Determines
COVID-19 Test In case of an emergency, dial 911.
is Not Indicated
ISOLATE & Stay Home Until* Stay Home Until
• Fever free with no medications
for 24 hours, AND • Symptoms improve,
AND
*Testing to end isolation is not
• Symptoms improve, AND
• 10 days since EITHER 1st
recommended and should not
symptom appeared OR date • Fever free with no be routinely performed
positive test administered
meds for 24 hours
(whichever comes first) AND
• Notify close contacts This chart follows the most up-to-date CDC &
LDH recommendations.

Return to Work with Documentation Per Company Policy

Reference LDH Website for Form Titled: Return-to-Work Self-Certification for COVID-19
COVID-19 Screening Decision Tree:
Responding to Close Contact – 8.16.2021
No Need to
Quarantine or Test
Close Contact If…
• Tested positive for
COVID-19 in the
90 days before last • Fully vaccinated (≥2
Recommendation: Seek close contact
COVID-19 Test As Soon as • Must mask 14
days following last
Possible Following Close exposure
Contact Notification • Must isolate and
test if symptoms
develop
(+) Positive Test (-) Negative Test • Must isolate and test if
No Need to Quarantine
If…
CLOSE CONTACT =
weeks following receipt
of the second dose in a • Within 6 feet of a COVID-19 infected
2-dose series, or ≥2 person, for a cumulative total of 15
weeks following receipt minutes or more over a 24-hour
of one dose of a single-
period;
dose vaccine) at the
time of close contact,
Must mask 14 days • The infectious period for identifying
following last exposure close contacts include the 48 hours
before the day the person became
symptoms develop sick (or the 48 hours before specimen
collection if asymptomatic) until the
person was isolated.

Follow Symptomatic Strongly

Decision Tree Quarantine Recommend: Repeat
Reference CDC Website for Correct Usage
COVID-19 Test 5-7 of Face Mask:
Required to Shorten Days Post-exposure www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-
health/effective-masks
Quarantine to 7 Days:
YES
NO NO Repeat COVID-19 Test
5-7 Days Post- (-) Negative Test
exposure
In case of an emergency, dial 911.
*Must be symptom-free; at-
Return to Work After home tests cannot be used Remain at Work
10 Days in Quarantine* to shorten quarantine

• Employers can also choose to implement a 14-day

quarantine. (-) Negative Test (+) Positive Test
• If one of these two options to shorten quarantine are
chosen, ALL non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs)
This chart follows the most up-to-date CDC &
including mask-wearing and physical distancing need to be
LDH recommendations.
maintained for 14 days post-exposure.
• LDH recommends the 14-day quarantine period in daycare
and other school settings where masking and distancing Return to Work After
among children is not maintained.
Follow Symptomatic
• If any COVID-19 symptoms develop during the 14-day 7 Days in Quarantine* Decision Tree
period after a close contact, immediately self-isolate and
seek COVID-19 testing, as soon as possible.