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COVID-19 Preparedness Plan <br /> <br />Page 17 <br />CDC Guidelines for Return to Work <br /> <br />How to Discontinue Self‐Isolation <br /> <br />People with COVID‐19 who have stayed home (home isolated) can stop home isolation under the <br />following conditions: <br /> <br /> If you will not have a test to determine if you are still contagious, you can leave home after these three <br />things have happened: <br />• You have had no fever for at least 72 hours (that is three full days of no fever without the use <br />medicine that reduces fevers) AND <br />• other symptoms have improved (for example, when your cough or shortness of breath have <br />improved) AND <br />• at least 7 days have passed since your symptoms first appeared <br /> <br /> If you will be tested to determine if you are still contagious, you can leave home after these three <br />things have happened: <br /> <br />• You no longer have a fever (without the use medicine that reduces fevers) AND <br />• Other symptoms have improved (for example, when your cough or shortness of breath have <br />improved) AND <br />• You received two negative tests in a row, 24 hours apart. Your doctor will follow CDC <br />guidelines. <br /> <br /> If you have lab-confirmed COVID-19 and have not had any symptoms you can leave home after these <br />things have happened: <br /> <br />• At least 7 days have passed since the date of first positive COVID-19 diagnostic test and <br />there has been no subsequent illness and you remain asymptomatic <br />• For 3 days following discontinuation of isolation, limit contact (6 feet away) and wear a <br />covering for nose and mouth whenever in a setting where other people are present. <br /> <br />***Note that recommendations for discontinuing isolation in persons known to be infected with COVID-19 <br />could, in some circumstances, appear to conflict with recommendations on when to discontinue <br />quarantine for persons known to have been exposed to COVID-19. CDC recommends 14 days of quarantine <br />after exposure based on the time it takes to develop illness if infected. Thus, it is possible that a person <br />known to be infected could leave isolation earlier than a person who is quarantined because of the <br />possibility they are infected. <br /> <br />If a member of an employee’s household has been diagnosed with COVID-19 either through a test, or by <br />a medical professional without a test, the employee will not return until 14 days has passed since the <br />diagnosis.