Fact Sheet

Rapid COVID-19 Testing Information for Direct Care Workers

If you have been identified as a direct care worker whose role and/or duties place you in
contact either with patients/residents/clients or their care environment, the following information
on Rapid COVID-19 Testing should be reviewed in advance of your first shift once Public Health
Orders take effect on October 18, 2021.

NOTE: As of Monday, October 18, 2021, you are required by Public Health Order to either
provide proof of full COVID-19 vaccination or to participate in regular COVID-19 testing.

In order to work, you must have a current, valid negative test result at the start of shift.
Testing is to be completed on personal time before arriving at work, additional
information on testing locations and hours is below.

If you are fully vaccinated, visit https://voldis.sharedhealthmb.ca/ or connect with your

manager/designate. Once your status is confirmed, the below information will no longer apply to
you.

Until you are confirmed as fully vaccinated, your participation in regular rapid testing is
required/mandatory. This applies whether you are partially vaccinated; not vaccinated; or not
willing to disclose.

Self-Administered Rapid COVID-19 Testing Details:

• You are required to complete a self-administered rapid test. In most cases this test must
take place in the workplace. In the future, where available and approved by an
individual’s manager/designate, off-site monitored testing may be offered.
• In order to work, you must have a current, valid negative test result.
• Negative test results are valid for a maximum of 48 hours. It is your responsibility to
monitor the time that has passed since your last test.
• If 48 hours have passed since your last test, you must complete a test – and receive a
negative result – before you start your next shift.
• Testing is to be completed on personal time. The time spent conducting self-
administered rapid testing will be unpaid.
• Please refer to your identified testing area/location which will be provided by your
employer or facility/site. Note the hours of operation and plan accordingly in
advance of each scheduled shift to ensure you have a valid negative test before
reporting to work.
• You must maintain a testing log. Your manager/designate may ask to see this log at any
time.
Monitoring or spot checks of the testing process may also be conducted at any time. Monitoring
may occur in person by your manager/designate; virtually using tools provided by Digital Health;

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and/or remotely for those approved to perform self-testing at home. Depending on your Service
Delivery Organization, setting, facility and/or shift, how your testing is monitored may vary

Every effort will be made to maintain your privacy. All testing supplies will be provided along
with easy-to-follow directions on how to administer the test.

There are two types of rapid self-tests being used.

• The Abbott PanBio COVID-19 antigen test
o Testing One-Pager
o Video Instructions

• The BD Veritor COVID-19 antigen test

o Testing One-Pager
Use of either test will satisfy the Public Health Order requirement.

Information on what to do if your test is positive is also available, with easy links to testing and
self-isolation fact sheets, contact information for Occupation and Environmental Safety and
Health and a list of testing locations for confirmatory testing if it is required.

o What to do if your COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test is positive.

October 13, 2021 Fact Sheet – COVID-19 Self-Administered Rapid Testing