COVID-19 Screening Steps

 

To: Hospitals   From: Health Facilities and Emergency Medical Services Division   Based on Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidance, Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic, the following is required for all hospitals to screen and triage everyone entering a health care facility for signs and Symptoms of COVID-19.   Establish a process to ensure everyone (patients, health care personnel, and visitors) entering the facility is assessed for symptoms of COVID-19, or exposure to others with suspected or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, and that they are practicing source control.   Options could include (but are not limited to):    Individual screening on arrival at the facility. Implementation of an electronic monitoring system in which, prior to arrival at the facility, people report absence of fever and symptoms of COVID-19, absence of a diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the prior 10 days, and confirm they have not been exposed to others with SARS-CoV-2 infection during the prior 14 days. Passive direction by hospitals to provide screening information to those arriving at the hospital.   CPDHE’s Health Facilities and Emergency Medical Services division expects hospitals to provide a screening process for those arriving at the hospital. Each hospital may develop its own screening process in accordance with CDC and CMS guidelines and must follow that screening process.   For questions please reach out to: Acute Care Facilities: Erica Brudjar 720-347-8829 or Erica.Brudjar@state.co.us.