Screening Questions for patients with respiratory symptoms
- Have you travelled outside of Canada in the past 14 days
- Have you tested positive for COVID-19 or had close contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19 (without wearing appropriate PPE)
- Do you have any of the following symptoms?
- Fever
- Runny nose
- New cough
- Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
- Sore throat
- Difficulty swallowing
- Chills
- Headache
- Loss of taste or smell
- Unexplained fatigue/malaise/muscle aches
COVID-19 Screening Results:
If response to ALL of the screening questions is NO: COVID SCREEN NEGATIVE
If response to ANY of the screening questions is YES : COVID SCREEN POSITIVE
Patients with POSITIVE SCREEN can only be offered virtual/phone appointment
(Physician may decide to bring patient into the office after virtual/phone appointment, if deemed appropriate)