COVID-19 Exposure Guidance
If you believe you have been exposed to a patient or colleague with confirmed or presumptive COVID-19, or have symptoms of COVID-19, please follow these steps:
- Notify your supervisor
- Notify Infection Control/Employee Health at your hospital or facility
- They will document and may send you a questionnaire
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- For TMC: email Anna Gunod: anna.gunod@hcahealthcare.com; (504) 988-6884
- For UMC:
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- Email Dr. Joanne Maffei, Director of Infection Prevention and Control Department: JMaffe@lsuhsc.edu; (504) 702-3248
- Call the Employee Health Hotline 504-962-6270, OR
- Complete Employee Health/Medical Staff Online Screening Form: Click Here
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- For VA: you or your supervisor can call one of the following phone numbers: (504) 507-8810 or (504) 507-7959
- For other locations: Contact the facility Infection Control/Employee Health Dept/Point Person
- If you have symptoms, please contact the Tulane School of Medicine Wellness/Occ Med Clinic:
- Complete Tulane COVID-19 Employee & Medical Staff Screening Form: Click Here
- Call: 504-988-4325; email: wellnessclinic@tulane.edu
- A provider will screen you by phone or televisit
- Drive-thru testing may be offered depending on your symptoms, availability of testing supplies and your job priority
- Please see list of testing centers in the New Orleans area for alternative sites: Click Here
- If you are sick, please put on a regular surgical mask and go home, or stay home pending evaluation
- Please see attached guidance for home care, infection prevention at home and isolation measures
- Return to Work (RTW):
- Handled on a case-by-case basis
- Must be cleared by your facility Employee Health/Occ Med and Tulane Occ Med
- See attached guidelines for RTW based on exposure status and infected status, as well as hospital
SYMPTOMS OF COVID-19
- Most common:
- Fever
- Cough
- Shortness of breath
- Less common:
- Sore throat
- Muscle aches and pains
- Headache
- Diarrhea
- Abdominal discomfort
- Nausea or vomiting
- Loss of taste and/or smell
Updated: 3.31.2020