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Delaware Division of Public Health Issues Plan for Universal Testing

The Division of Public Health has posted its plan to implement universal testing for COVID-19 for all long-term care facilities, residents and staff. 

Key points to the plan include:

• Current CDC guidelines allows asymptomatic health care workers who have ad exposure to a person infected with COVID-19 after all options to improve staffing have been exhausted and in consultation with their occupational health program
• The option to test asymptomatic staff is left to the facility administrators in consultation with facility medical directors
• Staff members who are identified as carriers of COVID-19 by molecular testing must be removed from work and per isolated for 10 days
• Any person who has previously tested positive for COVID-19 by PCR is excluded
• All symptomatic persons should proceed with already established processes and protocols
• The DPH Lab can support testing of all symptomatic facility staff and residents while capacity permits

Read the full plan and details:

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