EMPLOYEE ASSESSMENT TOOL
Employees can learn their current covid-19 status or learn if they had COVID-19 in the past and possibly whether they’re immune.
Employer-sponsored COVID-19 Testing and Prevention Solutions
As we get back to work, Emblemworks Health is please to introduce a range of solutions to support a healthy workplace during this pandemic.
SARS-CoV-2 testing may be incorporated as part of a comprehensive approach to reducing transmission in non-healthcare workplaces. Symptom screening, testing, and contact tracing are strategies to identify workers infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, so that actions can be taken to slow and stop the spread of the virus.
Employers may consider conducting daily in-person or virtual health checks (e.g., symptom and/or temperature screening) to identify employees with signs or symptoms consistent with COVID-19 before they enter a facility, in accordance with CDC’s General Business FAQs. Employers should follow guidance from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regarding confidentiality of medical records from health checks.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has also developed interim guidance to help prevent worker exposure to COVID-19. Employers should adapt infection control strategies based on a thorough assessment using appropriate combinations of strategies.
Employers are encouraged to implement flexible sick leave and supportive policies and practices as part of a comprehensive approach to prevent and reduce transmission among employees. The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA or Act) requires certain employersexternal icon to provide their employees with paid sick leave or expanded family and medical leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19. Employers with fewer than 500 employees are eligible for 100% tax credits for Families First Coronavirus Response Act COVID-19 paid leave provided through December 31, 2020, up to certain limits.
Rapid Tests
Rapid Test kits are easy to use and can enable more effective and efficient decentralized screening among suspected patients entering a hospital, COVID-19 quarantine facility or any border entry point. Many companies are also sponsoring rapid tests for their employees so that they can learn their current covid-19 status or learn if they had COVID-19 in the past and possibly whether they’re immune.
There are two types of Rapid Tests:
Antibody Rapid Tests, also know as serology testing, measure if you HAD COVID-19 in the past and now have antibodies against the virus. It also means you might have some sort of immunity, however the level of immunity and how long immunity lasts are not yet known. Emblemworks Health is please to introduce the FDA EUA authorized Sienna Antibody Test Kit for SARS-CoV-2. For more details, click here.
2. Antigen Rapid Tests measure if you currently HAVE a COVID-19 infection. Using a saliva sample, this test detects certains proteins that are part of virus. Some health experts are pushing for the U.S. to embrace antigen tests, which are cheaper and faster-acting than the moleulars tests currently being used. Emblemworks Health is please to introduce the Sienna Antigen Rapid Test. For more details, click here.
