Nursing Notes

At Home Covid Testing Program Will Continue!

About the Test: iHealth is a 15-minute at-home FDA-approved rapid antigen test

Opt-In: To participate, you must opt in by completing this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf0k8HZgdg8ZiDcfjASGHvWBwejyxyuOQHejkJaSlRVzzKn2w/viewform . By opting in, you will agree to review the training materials for test administration, report positive test results to your student’s school, and administer the tests according to Amesbury Public School District's guidelines.

Weekly: Every two weeks you will receive an iHealth at-home rapid test kit. Each kit contains two individual tests. Your student will administer one test each week on Tuesday evening

Reporting Positive Test Results: If your student tests positive on an at-home antigen test, you will inform their school of the positive result using the form attached below. The school will keep the results confidential and will not make individual results public. In addition, it is strongly recommended that you inform your healthcare professional of the positive result.

Easy, Free, and Flexible: This test is administered at home (not at school), reducing the burden on school staff and time to administer tests and increasing a family’s flexibility to do testing in the home for free.

I am positive for covid, when can I come back to school?

• Duration: Self-isolation for COVID-19 positive cases is a minimum of 5 days after symptom onset or after positive PCR or antigen test, if asymptomatic

• Return to school: After 5 days and once they have: 1) Been without fever for 24 hours (and without taking fever-reducing medications)

2) Experienced improvement in other symptoms

3) Following the 5-day isolation period, wear a mask for 5 additional days when around others, other than when eating, drinking, or outside

• Note: Return to school should be based on time and symptom resolution. Testing during isolation to return to school is not required