Sequim School
District Families, May 30th, 2023
Timely
testing of students and staff with COVID-19 symptoms helps reduce the spread of COVID-19.
The Sequim School District supports access to timely testing for students,
their families and staff with symptoms and for those who were potentially exposed and want to test by
distributing free iHealth
Antigen Rapid self-tests for home use only.
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Individuals and families can find
additional information about at-home tests in the COVID-19
Self-Testing Guidance at https://doh.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2022-06/420-360-SARSCoV2SelfTesting.pdf.
Please be aware
that Federal laws allow for the expiry date to be extended past what is
printed on the box as long as the “C” Control Line appears during testing
and they are stored in a dry location between 36-86 degrees F.
Students, children, and staff with new
symptoms, such as cough, fever, sore throat, vomiting, or diarrhea, or other Symptoms of COVID-19 (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/symptoms.html), should not attend school, should stay
home, and get tested for COVID-19. Students and
staff must be fever free for 24 hrs., off fever reducing medication, before
returning to school.
People
with symptoms should follow the DOH What
to do if a Person is Symptomatic flowchart https://doh.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2023-02/420456-COVID19DecisionTrees.pdf.
Notify others to stop the spread. Reach out to your close contacts
and let them know they may have been exposed to COVID-19. Someone who is
infected can spread COVID-19 even before they have symptoms. When you notify
your close contacts, they can get tested and isolate if needed to avoid
spreading the virus to others.
- If
you used an at-home test, report your positive result to Washington's
COVID-19 hotline at 1–800–525–0127.
- You no longer need to contact
the Sequim School District to report positive Covid-19 results.
Thank
you,
Sonja
Bittner RN and the Health Services Team