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Follow CDC guidance for isolation, and notify your manager. After isolating for five full days, below are the opportunities to test in order to return to work via a PCR or antigen test. If the test result is negative, you can return to work on day 6, pending resolving symptoms and no fever for 24 hours.
Q: Is a negative test required for an employee to return to work? A: Employees can return to work without a negative test if they are no longer in their infectious period and wear a face covering until 10 days have passed since symptoms began or the date of their first positive test.
Employees infected with COVID-19 and have symptoms must be excluded from the workplace as follows: Until 24 hours have passed with no fever, without the use of fever-reducing medications, AND. Their symptoms are mild and improving.
If the day 6-, 7-, 8-, or 9-day test comes back negative, whichever day comes first, you can return to work the following day, pending resolving symptoms and no fever for 24 hours. If your day 6-, 7-, 8-, or 9- test comes back positive, you must remain in isolation until the following day.
Avoid meeting people who are at very high risk for 10 days. This starts from the day you first had symptoms. This is because you may still be infectious for up to 10 days.
You should: Stay home for 5 days. After that continue to wear a mask around others for 5 additional days. If you can't quarantine you must wear a mask for 10 days. Test on day 5 if possible.
Employees who refuse to test and have symptoms, with or without a fever, must be excluded until at least 24 hours have passed from the onset of symptoms. Employees may return when 24 hours have passed with no fever, without the use of fever reducing medications, and symptoms are mild and improving.
If the employee tests negative and returns to work, the employee must continue to wear a well-fitting mask around others indoors for 10 days following the close contact.
If they test positive or their doctor diagnoses them with COVID-19, they must be excluded from the workplace and follow Table 1. If the employee tests negative and returns to work, the employee must continue to wear a well-fitting mask around others indoors for 10 days following the close contact.
OSHA recommends that workers tell their supervisors if they have tested positive for COVID-19 so that employers can take steps to protect other workers. Such steps can include cleaning and disinfection and removing or isolating the COVID-19 positive worker (e.g., by allowing that worker to telework).