Table 1.

Checklist for COVID-19 screening^a

Step 1: Ask each patient and visitor the following questions (“Yes” to any question indicates positive screen). □Have you been diagnosed as having COVID-19? □Have you been exposed to someone with known or suspected COVID-19 in the last 14 days? □ Have you recently had or do you currently have any 1 of the following? □ Subjective or measured fever (>100.0°F) □ Chills □ Cough □ Shortness of breath □ Sore throat □ Diarrhea □ Malaise or myalgia □ Headache □ Congestion or runny nose □ Loss of taste □ Loss of smell Step 2: Measure the temperature (temperature of ≥100.0°F indicates positive screen). □Take the temperature of all patients who present to the hospital at entry if possible or at presentation to triage or labor and delivery units and their support person.

This is an alternative screening checklist when resources are not available for universal screening.

COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019.

Vega. Inpatient management of COVID-19 in pregnancy. AJOG MFM 2020.

^aIf your institution has the resources, consider sending a test for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection for all patients who present to the triage or labor and delivery units.