CDC Facilities COVID-19 Screening

Regardless of your vaccination status, have you experienced any of the symptoms in the list below in the past 48 hours?

IMPORTANT: ANSWER “YES” EVEN IF YOU BELIEVE THE SYMPTOM(S) IS BECAUSE OF SOME OTHER MEDICAL CONDITION (FOR EXAMPLE, ANSWER “YES” IF YOU HAVE A RUNNY NOSE BECAUSE OF ALLERGIES).

• fever or chills
• cough
• shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
• fatigue
• muscle or body aches
• headache
• new loss of taste or smell
• sore throat
• congestion or runny nose
• nausea or vomiting
• diarrhea

If you have had any of the above symptoms in the last 48 hours, DO NOT physically return to the workplace until symptoms have been improving for more than 48 hours. If you have a medical condition that causes any of these symptoms and you need access to a CDC facility within the next few days, you will need a waiver from CDC’s Occupational Health Clinic (OHC). To begin the waiver process, please contact your CIO management officer and ask them to request a waiver on your behalf through OHC. When OHC contacts you, please be ready to email medical documentation supporting your waiver request to clinicinfo@cdc.gov. Waivers will only be granted in exigent circumstances and only if it is safe to do so. OHC will not respond to waiver requests made by individuals. Fully vaccinated individuals with symptoms will also require a waiver.

Are you isolating or quarantining because you tested positive for COVID-19 or are worried that you may be sick with COVID-19?

If you have concerns about being exposed to or sick with COVID-19, please stay home and self-quarantine or isolate. Read more about when you should be in isolation or quarantine. If you have questions about when it is safe to return to the workplace, please call CDC's Occupational Health Clinic (OHC) at 404-639-3385. If you have an urgent need to access a CDC facility while quarantining, please contact your CIO management officer and ask them to request a waiver through OHC. Waivers will only be granted in exigent circumstances and only if it is safe to do so. OHC will not respond to waiver requests made by individuals. Fully vaccinated individuals will also require a waiver and should also work through their CIO management officer.

Are you fully vaccinated?*

AND/OR

Have you recovered from a documented COVID-19 infection in the last 3 months?

*To be considered fully vaccinated, you must be ≥2 weeks following receipt of the second dose in a 2-dose series or ≥2 weeks following receipt of one dose of a single-dose vaccine. Please see When You’ve Been Fully Vaccinated | CDC for more information.

Have you been in close physical contact* in the last 14 days with:

• anyone who is known to have laboratory-confirmed COVID-19?

• OR

• anyone who has any symptoms consistent with COVID-19?

*Close physical contact is defined as being within 6 feet of an infected/symptomatic person for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period starting from 48 hours before illness onset (or, for asymptomatic individuals, 48 hours prior to test specimen collection).

If you have been in close contact with someone with COVID-19 and you are not fully vaccinated, you should stay home and self-quarantine for 14 days before returning to work. Read more about when you should be in isolation or quarantine. If you have been in close contact with someone with COVID-19 and you are fully vaccinated, you should stay home and get tested 5-7 days after your exposure, even if you don’t have symptoms. Read more about what to do if you’ve had a close contact and are fully vaccinated. If you have an urgent need to end your quarantine early to access a CDC facility, please contact your CIO management officer and ask them to email a request to OHC.

Are you currently waiting on the results of a COVID-19 test?

IMPORTANT: ANSWER “NO” IF YOU ARE WAITING ON THE RESULTS OF A PRE-TRAVEL OR POST-TRAVEL COVID-19 TEST

If you have an urgent need to access a CDC facility while waiting for a test result, please contact your CIO management officer and ask them to request a waiver through CDC's Occupational Health Clinic (OHC). Waivers will only be granted in exigent circumstances and only if it is safe to do so. OHC will not respond to waiver requests made by individuals.

Have you traveled* in the past 10 days?

*Travel is defined as any trip that is overnight AND on public transportation (plane, train, bus, Uber, Lyft, cab, etc.) OR any trip that is overnight AND with people who are not in your household.

If you have an urgent need to access a CDC facility during your 10-day, post-travel self-quarantine, please contact your CIO management officer and ask them to request a waiver through CDC's Occupational Health Clinic (OHC). Waivers will only be granted in exigent circumstances and only if it is safe to do so. OHC will not respond to waiver requests made by individuals. It is possible to reduce your post-travel self-quarantine to 7 days if you have a negative viral test 3-5 days after travel. OHC can help arrange testing, if needed. A waiver is needed from OHC to reduce your quarantine period.