Table 4. Test processing prioritization grid as of June 30, 2020.
Priority 1 = highest | Patient location category | |||
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High risk: ICU, inpatient, skilled nursing facility, nursing home | Medium risk: emergency department, urgent care | Low risk: connect care, drive through collection sites | ||
Exposure Category | High risk: • Close contact with confirmed case of COVID-19 • Travel to high-risk geographic area within 14 days of symptom onset • Symptomatic healthcare worker with high-risk exposure • Special populations |
Priority 2 | Priority 4 | Priority 5 |
Medium risk: • Close contact with person under investigation for COVID-19 |
Priority 3 | Priority 6 | Priority 8 | |
Low risk: • No known exposure or epidemiologic risk |
Priority 9 | |||
Priority 1 (highest) patients (rapid test with 2 to 4 hour turnaround time) includes symptomatic hospitalized patients, symptomatic labor and delivery patients, all pre-term labor (<37 weeks) labor and delivery patients, all pre-transplant patients and any asymptomatic emergency department patients from high-density residences. Priority 2 patients also includes symptomatic health care workers. Preprocedural screenings and repeat tests given the lowest priority. |